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单词 overdraught
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overdraughtn.

Brit. /ˈəʊvədrɑːft/, /ˈəʊvədraft/, U.S. /ˈoʊvərˌdræft/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: over- prefix, draught n.
Etymology: < over- prefix + draught n.
Now rare.
An excessively large draught (esp. of alcoholic drink). Also figurative. Cf. draught n. 14a.
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1749 J. Cleland Mem. Woman of Pleasure II. 112 A body jaded and wrack'd off to the lees by constant repeated over-draughts of pleasure, which had done the work of sixty winters on his springs of life.
1869 J. W. Flagg Three Seasons in European Vineyards x. 151 I can't think, however, that the vestals of Saint Thierry ever needed the emperor's rough discipline for over-draughts of the pure and sparkling wine grown within their own domain.
1901 Sun (N.Y.) 6 Feb. 6/5 He is in a state of mortifying intoxication from an overdraught of seriousness, something to which his head has not been hardened.
1938 Times 20 Oct. 5/5 If tradition is respected in every detail, then only an overdraught of port..can force resignation in these heroic cases.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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