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单词 over-exercise
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over-exercisev.

Brit. /ˌəʊv(ə)rˈɛksəsʌɪz/, U.S. /ˌoʊvərˈɛksərˌsaɪz/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: over- prefix, exercise v.
Etymology: < over- prefix + exercise v.
1.
a. transitive. To overexert (a person, the body, etc.) in physical exercise; to cause (a person) to exercise too much.
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1655 H. Vaughan tr. H. Nollius Hermetical Physick vii. 61 Excess of heat happens, either when the body is over exercised, or when any other Extraneous heat hath too free an access to it.
a1887 R. Jefferies Eng. Breed ii, in Old House at Coate (1948) 152 The feeblest children often grow into the strongest men... Care should be taken that the ‘weed’ be not over-exercised while in the condition of ‘weediness’.
1935 Times 23 Mar. 6/1 On last year's form A. G. Pillbrow should win the High Hurdles, but recently he has been over-exercised.
2000 People (Nexis) 28 May 4 When the temperature is high..never over-exercise your dog.
b. intransitive with reflexive meaning. To exercise physically to a greater extent than is usual or desirable; to take too much exercise.
ΚΠ
1931 M. Fishbein in W. V. Bingham et al. Biol. in Human Affairs vii. 227 If a person over-exercises, he eats more; if he takes less exercise, he feels less need for food and eats less.
1985 Los Angeles Times 15 Jan. v. 1/1 People..sabotage their own success by trying to do everything at once. They quit eating, quit drinking, quit smoking and overexercise.
1998 Zest Sept. 8/2 I myself used to over-exercise without realising it as I just assumed the gym was the right place to be.
2. transitive. To employ or stimulate to a greater extent than is usual, necessary, or desirable.
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1852 T. J. Vaiden Rational Relig. & Morals 213 All animal fibre must be duly relaxed, and at no time over-exercised in common labor.
1881 Harper's Mag. Jan. 289/2 Thoughtfulness..had played upon his forehead and temples till, at weary moments, they exhibited some traces of being overexercised.
1900 F. Thilly Introd. Ethics viii. 246 When I exercise an organ moderately, a pleasant feeling arises; when I overexercise it, an unpleasant feeling is the result.
1947 Amer. Slavic & East European Rev. 6 42 In her effort to transplant impressions and observations into poetry and fiction she overexercised her sense of honesty.
1992 J. Rule Albion's People 128 The 168 children out of 2,339 received into London workhouses between 1750 and 1755 who survived hardly over-exercised the parish authorities in seeking out apprenticeships on their behalf.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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