A boy piling up slates? What has that to do with it? I saw you in Ireland piling slates against a rock just in this way. And I thought to myself--"That is something like Madam How's work."
How? Why, see. The old rock stands for the mountains of the Old World, like the Welsh mountains, or the Mendip Hills. The slates stand for the new rocks, which have been piled up against these, one over the other. But, you see, each slate is lower than the one before it, and slopes more; till the last slate which you are putting on is the lowest of all, though it overlies all.英文原著 · 《Madam How and Lady Why》
AI 补充例句（附中文翻译）
Several thin layers of sediment overlie the ancient bedrock in this valley.几层薄薄的沉积物覆盖在这片山谷的古老基岩之上。
Thick clouds of volcanic ash overlie the landscape for miles around the crater.
We found that sandstone deposits overlie the shale throughout the entire region.我们发现整个区域的砂岩沉积层都覆盖在页岩之上。
These modern industrial structures overlie the ruins of a much older civilization.这些现代工业建筑矗立在一个更古老文明的遗迹之上。