单词 | over-burn |
释义 | over-burnv. 1. transitive. To burn (something) to excess or so as to consume too much of; to burn (something) for too long; to fire (a brick) for longer than usual.In quot. a1398: to change or corrupt (a humour) by overheating. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > burning > burn or consume by fire [verb (transitive)] > too much over-burna1398 a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 35v Auicenne wole mene þat praxina is I-gendrid of ȝelow colera whanne it is ouer brend [L. aduritur]. For whanne it is I-brend, brennynge brediþ blacnes þerinne. 1582 S. Batman Vppon Bartholome, De Proprietatibus Rerum iv. x. f. 32v Praxina is gedred of a yeolow cholar, when it is ouer burnt. 1666 Philos. Trans. 1665–6 (Royal Soc.) 1 262 Care being taken, that by heaping too much materials together, the Earth be not over-burnt by the excessive heat and fire. 1707 J. Mortimer Whole Art Husbandry (1721) I. 82 In burning of the Turf, you must take care not to over-burn it..for the over-burning of it to white Ashes, wastes the nitrous Salt. 1823 P. Nicholson New Pract. Builder 344 Burrs or Clinkers are such as are so much over-burnt as to vitrify, and run two or three together. 1859 Jrnl. Statist. Soc. 22 425 In the great buildings erected on Messrs. Platt's works at Oldham with these bricks, care has been used not to overburn them. c1865 H. Letheby in J. Wylde Circle of Sci. I. 129/1 The supply of..air is too great, and the gas is overburnt. 1952 Ann. Assoc. Amer. Geographers 42 106 Much of Southeast Asia has been progressively over-burnt by the increasing forest population. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > burning > burn or consume by fire [verb (transitive)] > burn down over-burna1500 a1500 Rev. Methodius in Publ. Mod. Lang. Assoc. Amer. (1918) 33 174 Ȝet fro desert whan þey cum owt, All londs to dystroy & ouer-brenne, þey xall be lothely sterne & stowte. 1616 T. Adams Forrest of Thornes in Divine Herball 104 A strong engine set to the wals of Purgatory, to ouer-turne them, and ouer-burne them with the fire of hell. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.a1398 |
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