overhanging通常被翻译为‘伸出、的现在分词’的意思，在英美地区还有’悬挂于…之上’的意思，发音音标为[??v?’h????]，overhanging在英语中经常以名词形式出现，在《英汉新词词典》中，共找到53个与overhanging相关的用法和句子。
1.伸出
例句:25 meter of overhanging ice.
翻译:80英尺悬垂的冰块，没办法。
来源：在线英语词典
2.的现在分词
例句:Vertical on the west side, with the cornices overhanging the west side, and on the east side steep fleetings running down 100m below us.
翻译:西边是垂直的，并且上面充满冰角 在东边… 陡峭的凹槽一直向下3000英尺。
来源：英语发音在线词典
3.悬挂于…之上
例句:Because of the overhanging leaves and branches, you’ll notice that the understory is very dark, it’s very still.
翻译:由于树叶和树枝四处展开 你会发现下层植被很暗 也很安静。
来源：英国拉丁词典
overhanging一般作为名词使用，如在overhanging aeroplane([机] 伸翼飞机)、overhanging arm(外伸臂)、overhanging bank(陡岸)等常见短语中出现较多。
1. Because of the overhanging leaves and branches, you’ll notice that the understory is very dark, it’s very still.
翻译:由于树叶和树枝四处展开 你会发现下层植被很暗 也很安静。
2. Ripening fig trees overhanging the water’s edge provide welcome food for shoals of hungry fish.
翻译:水边生长着高大的无花果树 为饥饿的鱼群提供美味食物。
3. Because of the overhanging leaves and branches, you’ll notice that the understory is very dark, it’s very still.
翻译:由于树叶和树枝四处展开 你会发现下层植被很暗 也很安静 。
4. As i abseiled down, i could see this overhanging ice cliff, which was what i had lowered him over, so i knew that he’d had actually been hanging in space, which is the reason he couldn’t get his weight off the rope.
翻译:随着我向下滑 我能看见这冰悬崖 就是那里我让他滑下了。