overlay

overlay1
(past and past participle -laid)
  1. [with obj.](常作 be overlaid with)cover the surface of (a thing) with a coating
    铺;覆盖;涂
    their fingernails were overlaid with silver or gold.
    她们的指甲涂着金色或银色的指甲油。
    ■lie on top of
    放在…上面
    a third screen which will overlay the others.
    将放在最上面的第三层滤网。
    ■(figurative)(of a quality or feeling) become more prominent than (a previous quality or feeling)
    (喻)(品质,感情)变得比(先前品质、感情)更显著
    his openness had been overlaid by his new self-confidence.
    他新取得的自信变得比他的坦诚更令人注目。
noun
  1. something laid as a covering over something else
    覆盖物
    a durable, cost-effective floor overlay.
    耐用而划算的地板涂料。
    ■a transparent sheet placed over artwork or something such as a map, giving additional information or detail
    (置于图片、地图等上,载有更多信息或详情的)透明塑料膜
    ■a graphical computer display which can be superimposed on another
    (可)叠加(于另一图形上的)计算机图形显示,叠加图形显示
  2. [mass noun](Computing)the process of transferring a block of program code or other data into internal memory, replacing what is already stored
    (计算机)覆盖
    ■[count noun]a block of code or other data transferred in such a way
    覆盖数据

overlay2
  1. past of overlie
    overlie的过去式
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