over是一个雅思常考词汇，这个词的常用解释为ad. 在上方； 遍及地prep. 在的上方a. 结束的，这个词在很多英文原版小说中怎么应用呢，今天小编就带您了解一下。
在赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯的《隐形人》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- She rapped down the mustard pot on the table, and then she noticed the overcoat and hat had been taken off and put over a chair in front of the fire, and a pair of wet boots threatened rust to her steel fender.
-- "And holding that handkerchief over his mouth all the time.
在赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯的《人魔岛》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- And even as I lay there I saw, with no more interest than if it had been a picture, a sail come up towards me over the sky-line.
-- There's a dim half-memory of be-ing lifted up to the gangway, and of a big red countenance covered with freckles and surrounded with red hair staring at me over the bulwarks.
-- He was standing on the ladder with his back to us, peering over the combing of the hatch-way.
-- There was a quick dance of their lithe grey-figured bodies over the clumsy, prostrate figure.
-- The black-faced man scram-bled up and staggered forward, going and leaning over the bulwark by the main shrouds, where he remained, panting and glaring over his shoulder at the dogs.
在拉迪亚德·吉卜林的《丛林故事》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- The cubs tumbled over each other in the center of the circle where their mothers and fathers sat, and now and again a senior wolf would go quietly up to a cub, look at him care-fully, and return to his place on noiseless feet.
-- Shere Khan roared still in the night, for he was very angry that Mowgli had not been handed over to him.
-- Many of the wolves that looked thee over when thou wast brought to the Coun-cil first are old too, and the young wolves believe, as Shere Khan has taught them, that a man-cub has no place with the Pack.
-- The Lone Wolf must have sprung and missed his hold, for Mowgli heard the snap of his teeth and then a yelp as the Sambhur knocked him over with his forefoot.
-- Akela, the grim old wolf who had never asked for mercy in his life, gave one piteous look at Mowgli as the boy stood all naked, his long black hair tossing over his shoulders in the light of the blazing branch that made the shadows jump and quiver.
在詹姆斯·费尼莫尔·库柏的《最后的摩根战士》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Looking over an an-cient map, it was ascertained that a tribe of Indians, called 'Les Horicans' by the French, existed in the neighborhood of this beautiful sheet of water.
-- At length the sun set in a flood of glory, behind the distant western hills, and as dark-ness drew its veil around the secluded spot the sounds of preparation diminished; the last light finally disappeared from the log cabin of some officer; the trees cast their deep-er shadows over the mounds and the rippling stream, and a silence soon pervaded the camp, as deep as that which reigned in the vast forest by which it was environed.
-- 'This beast, I rather conclude, friend, is not of home rais-ing, but is from foreign lands, or perhaps from the little island itself over the blue water?'
-- The youth had turned to speak to the dark-eyed Cora, when the dis-tant sound of horses hoofs, clattering over the roots of the broken way in his rear, caused him to check his charger; and, as his companions drew their reins at the same instant, the whole party came to a halt, in order to obtain an expla-nation of the unlooked-for interruption.
-- As they were also sure of foot, the Narragansetts were greatly sought for by females who were obliged to travel over the roots and holes in the 'new countries.'
在华盛顿·欧文的《睡谷的传说》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- A drowsy, dreamy influence seems to hang over the land, and to pervade the very atmosphere.
-- Certain it is, the place still con-tinues under the sway of some witching power, that holds a spell over the minds of the good people, causing them to walk in a continual reverie.
-- From hence the low mur-mur of his pupils' voices, conning over their lessons, might be heard in a drowsy summer's day, like the hum of a bee-hive; interrupted now and then by the authoritative voice of the master, in the tone of menace or command, or, per- The Legend of Sleepy Hollowadventure, by the appalling sound of the birch, as he urged some tardy loiterer along the flowery path of knowledge.
-- It was often his delight, after his school was dis-missed in the afternoon, to stretch himself on the rich bed of clover bordering the little brook that whimpered by his school-house, and there con over old Mather's direful tales, until the gathering dusk of evening made the printed page a mere mist before his eyes.
-- What fearful shapes and shadows beset his path, amidst the dim and ghastly glare of a snowy night!With what wistful look did he eye every trembling ray of light streaming across the waste fields from some distant window!How often was he appalled by some shrub covered with snow, which, like a sheeted spectre, beset his very path!How often did he shrink with curdling awe at the sound of his own steps on the frosty crust beneath his feet; and dread to look over his shoulder, lest he should behold some uncouth being tramp-ing close behind him!and how often was he thrown into complete dismay by some rushing blast, howling among the trees, in the idea that it was the Galloping Hessian on one of his nightly scourings!
在威廉·萨默塞特·毛姆的《月亮和六便士》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- We did not think it hypocritical to draw over our vagaries the curtain of a decent silence.
-- The artist has this advantage over the rest of the world, that his friends offer not only their appearance and their character to his satire, but also their work.
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