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单词 over-roast
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over-roastv.

Brit. /ˌəʊvəˈrəʊst/, U.S. /ˌoʊvə(r)ˈroʊst/
Forms: see over- prefix and roast v.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: over- prefix, roast v.
Etymology: < over- prefix + roast v. Compare under-roast v.
transitive. To roast too much or for too long.In early use usually in passive.
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1528 W. Tyndale Obed. Christen Man f. cxxx Yf the podech be burned..or the meate over rosted, we saye, the bysshope hath put his fote in the potte.
1665 R. Howard Vestal-Virgin iii. i. 200 She was well sing'd, And had been over-roasted presently.
a1681 J. Lacy Sr. Hercules Buffoon (1684) v. iv. 51 Nor wou'd Sunday Pies be burnt in the Oven, nor Meat over roasted.
1735 B. Franklin in Pennsylvania Gaz. 4 Feb. 1/1 Your stairs being in Flames, you may be forced, (as I once was) to leap out of your Windows, and hazard your Necks to avoid being over-roasted.
1798 T. Jones Memoirs (1951) 44 Battle with the cook for overroasting our mutton.
1810 I. Pocock Hit or Miss! ii. i. 25 He over-roasted a shoulder of mutton.
1857 C. Dickens Little Dorrit ii. xxx. 592 He got into difficulty about over-roasting a patient to bring him to reason.
1899 Science 28 July 124/1 The spoliation of the coffee by means of sea water or by overroasting the product.
1991 Chicago Tribune (Nexis) 13 Jan. (Sunday Mag.) 29 Place the pan on the top shelf of the oven until the spices become aromatic... Do not over-roast them.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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