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单词 over-exciting
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over-excitingadj.

Brit. /ˌəʊv(ə)rᵻkˈsʌɪtɪŋ/, /ˌəʊv(ə)rɛkˈsʌɪtɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈˌoʊvərɪkˈsaɪdɪŋ/, /ˈˌoʊvərɛkˈsaɪdɪŋ/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: over-excite v., -ing suffix2.
Etymology: < over-excite v. + -ing suffix2.
Excessively exciting; that excites or stimulates too much.
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c1892 K. D. S. Wiggin Let. in My Garden of Memory (1923) xxii. 228 I note what you say about these readings of mine. There is no doubt that they are overtaxing and overexciting, and if I continue of them in rapid succession, they would be just as questionable spiritually and artistically.
1935 Sci. Monthly Nov. 430/1 There was little more to do but repeat the investigations of the past with new, but not over-exciting refinements.
1979 Internat. Affairs 55 307 Although not an over-exciting book to read, it is well worth examination.
1991 Hartford (Connecticut) Courant (Nexis) 20 Dec. b1 This tiny principality broke away from Holland..because, in the judgment of its leaders, Holland had become somewhat overexciting.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

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over-exciting
over-exciting adj.
Brit. /ˌəʊvə(r)ᵻkˈsʌɪtɪŋ/
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/ˌəʊvə(r)ɛkˈsʌɪtɪŋ/
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U.S. /ˌoʊvərɪkˈsaɪdɪŋ/
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/ˌoʊvərɛkˈsaɪdɪŋ/
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1904 N.E.D. at Over- Over-exciting.
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