亚洲网紅露点

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undershot

[ uhn-der-shot; uhn-der-shot ]

adjective

  1. having the front teeth of the lower jaw projecting in front of the upper teeth, as a bulldog.
  2. driven by water passing beneath:

    an undershot vertical water wheel.



verb

  1. simple past tense and past participle of undershoot.

undershot

/ 藞蕦苍诲蓹藢蕛蓲迟 /

adjective

  1. (of the lower jaw) projecting beyond the upper jaw; underhung
  2. (of a water wheel) driven by a flow of water that passes under the wheel rather than over it See overshot
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of undershot1

First recorded in 1600鈥10; under- + shot 2
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Figures on Wednesday showed U.S. producer prices fell at their fastest pace since April 2020, and UK consumer inflation undershot all forecasts.

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Figures on Wednesday showed that U.S. producer prices fell at their fastest pace since April 2020, and UK consumer inflation undershot all forecasts.

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EV giant undershot estimates for its third-quarter global deliveries, as planned factory upgrades to unveil a revamped version of the Model 3 roiled production.

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Since 2018, the department has undershot its spending plans nearly every quarter, according to quarterly progress reports it publishes online 鈥 more than $230 million in total.

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Although public revenues have regularly undershot private forecasts this year, the weaker collection figures were not entirely unexpected.

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