单词 | over-beaten |
释义 | over-beatenadj. Struck with too many blows; beaten too much or to excess. Also: = beaten adj. 2 (cf. well-beaten adj.). Also in extended use. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > track, trail, or path > [adjective] > beaten or well-trodden berrieda1382 well-beaten?c1425 forbeatc1430 well-trodden?1566 traded?1567 trodden1576 well-traded1576 tracked1589 pathed1597 trite1601 beaten1748 paddered1789 well-travelled1797 padded1821 over-beaten1873 1873 Atlantic Monthly Dec. 678/2 The only creatures who were not in a state of manifest hilarity were the pitiful little overladen, over-beaten donkeys. 1896 Westm. Gaz. 11 May 2/3 The men are likely to be a little off the over-beaten track. 1899 Catholic World July 479 To those who find the old ‘playground of Europe’ rather dusty and over-beaten I repeat, I recommend the fresh and unspoilt valleys of the Southern Italian Alps. 1983 Washington Post (Nexis) 7 Aug. c7 The story..is only that traces of the chemical are there, not that there is considerable uncertainty that dioxin in low concentrations is really the public health menace implied. It's probably the most overbeaten public health horse going. 1991 Gazette (Montreal) (Nexis) 30 Oct. c5 Overbeaten egg whites look dry and curdled. 2002 Dayton (Ohio) Daily News (Nexis) 20 June Today's politicians are a prosaic, timid, boring lot. Their views fit into overbeaten paths. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1873 |
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