overlie

verb

1. 叠加于；置于…上面
   to lie over sth
   1. overlying rock
      压在上面的岩石

1. Since the Late Permian, studied region was in a stable sedimentary setting, forming molasses with large thickness that overlie the olistostrome, and then evolved gradually into a Triassic pene-planed environment that is characterized by uplifting-erosion of ranges and accumulation of basins.
   从晚二迭叠世开始，全区处于相对稳定的剥蚀-堆积环境中，形成了厚度较大的磨拉石，并逐渐演化为三叠纪的准平原化环境。

verb

1. kill by lying on
   1. The sow overlay her piglets

   Synonym:    overlay

2. lie upon
   1. the granite overlies the older rocks