overtop
verb- overtop something (especially of water)
to rise above something, especially a barrier 超越： 超越某物，尤其是障碍The river overtopped its banks during a series of storms last month. 在上个月的一系列风暴中，河水漫过了堤岸。 Levees along the Mississippi could be overtopped or breached at any time. 密西西比河沿岸的防洪堤随时可能被淹没或决堤。
- overtop something/somebody
to be higher than something/somebody 超越： 高于某物/某人The city walls are overtopped by church spires and minarets. 城墙被教堂尖塔和尖塔遮住了。