| 释义 |
overˈwalk, v.
[over- 9, 10, 23.]
1. trans. To walk over, traverse by walking.
1533More Confut. Barnes Wks. 770/1 Ye saye shee is some where abrode in the wylde world, whych worlde is a place to wyde..for a woman to ouerwalke well. 1596Shakes. 1 Hen. IV, i. iii. 192 As full of perill and aduenturous Spirit, As to o'rewalke a Current, roaring loud On the vnstedfast footing of a Speare. 1789Wordsw. Evening Walk 165 Some..O'erwalk the slender plank from side to side.
2. refl. To walk too much or too far; to fatigue oneself with too much walking.
1662Strype Let. in Wordsw. Schol. Acad. (1877) 292 note, Be carefull of yrselfe and do not over walk yrselfe for yt is wont to bring yo upon a sick bedd. 1799Jane Austen Lett. (1884) I. 212 My uncle overwalked himself at first, and can now only travel in a chair. 1826Scott Diary 26 Aug. in Lockhart, I rather overwalked myself yesterday.
So ˈover-ˈwalking vbl. n., walking too much.
1870Dickens Let. R. S. Ralston 16 May, Violent neuralgic attacks in the foot. That originated in over-walking in deep snow. 1894Obit. Rec. Graduates Yale Univ. 266 By over⁓walking during vacation, he injured one foot. |