单词 | overexposed |
释义 | overexposedadj. 1. Photography. Of a film or plate: that has been overexposed. Of a photograph, etc.: resulting from overexposure; pale, washed out. Occasionally figurative. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > photography > a photograph > qualities and effects > [adjective] > over- or under-exposed under-exposed1861 overexposed1869 overtimed1896 1869 Eng. Mech. 3 Dec. 281/3 By judicious management of the developer, an over-exposed and under-exposed plate can be made to work equally well. 1894 E. Œ. Somerville & ‘M. Ross’ Real Charlotte II. xix. 64 I did that when I didn't know much about it [sc. photography]..and it's rather over-exposed. 1928 Proc. Royal Soc. A. 118 161 The helium D3 line..which is heavily overexposed and accompanied by much fogging. a1963 S. Plath Ariel (1965) 46 I could draw no breath, Dead and moneyless, Over-exposed, like an X-ray. 1990 Scuba Times Mar. 72/3 I now adjusted the ISO dial to half the original setting and shot again. This would give me a one stop overexposed photograph. 2. That is too exposed; esp. (of a celebrity, etc.) too much in the public eye, overpublicized. ΚΠ 1937 Life 26 July 14/3 (advt.) An over-exposed shaving edge may scrape and irritate your skin; while too little shaving edge means a ‘spotty’, unclean shave. 1981 P. White Let. 28 Oct. (1994) xiv. 551 I expect it will meet with a lot of disapproval as I am setting out to avoid on the whole the paintings of over-exposed, established painters. 2001 Newsweek 18 June 9/2 Overexposed boy bands like 'N Sync ‘may start feeling the effect of playing markets four to six times in the past couple of years’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1869 |
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