over主要用作副词、介词、名词、形容词和动词。over作为副词和介词的使用比较常见。现对over作为副词的几个常见的意思,举例说明。

1.over指“翻倒,落下,倒下”。比如:He pushed me and I fell over.他一推我,我就摔倒了。Try not to knock that vase over.小心别把花瓶碰倒了。The wind must have blown it over.准是风把它吹倒了。

2.over指“满出……,越过”。比如:The milk's boiling over!牛奶煮沸溢出来了! He rowed us over to the other side of the lake.他把我们摆渡到湖的对岸。They have gone over to France.他们渡海到法国去了。

3.over指“翻转过来”。比如:Turn the page over.把这一页翻过去。Dogs are rolling over and over on the grass.狗在草地上打滚。

4.over指“超过…(数量限度等)”。比如: The programme ran two minutes over.那个节目超出了规定时间两分钟。These are children of 14 and over.这些都是十四岁及十四岁以上的儿童。

5.over指“剩余,余下”。比如:Was there any money over?有剩下的钱吗?Three into seven goes twice and one over.七除以三得二余一。If there's any food left over, put it in the fridge.要是有剩下的饭菜,就放到冰箱里。

6.over指“覆盖在……的上面,盖住”。比如:The lake was frozen over.湖面完全封冻了。Cover her over with a blanket.给她盖条毯子。Let's paint it over in green.我们把它涂成绿色的吧!

7.over指“全部地,从头至尾地”。比如:You'd better read it over carefully.你最好仔细地阅读一下。

8.over指“再,重复地,再三地”。比如:I've told him over and over.我已经一再跟他讲过了。I made so many mistakes that I had to do it (all) over again.我弄出这么多错,必须从头再做一遍。My sums were wrong and I had to do them over.我把总数算错了,必须再算一次。