| 释义 |
ˌover-inˈform, v.
[over- 27.]
trans. To inform, actuate, or animate to excess. So over-inˈformed ppl. a.
1681Dryden Abs. & Achit. i. 158 A fiery soul, which..o'er-informed the tenement of clay. 1779–81Johnson L.P., Congreve Wks. III. 159 Wit so exuberant, that it o'er⁓informs its tenement. 1870Lowell Among my Bks. Ser. i. (1873) 184 Shakespeare's temptation is..to make a passion over-inform its tenement of words. 1899Daily News 5 July 9/3 A rest..for over-strained nerves, over-worked brains, and over-informed minds. |