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单词 over-beaten
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over-beatenadj.

Brit. /ˌəʊvəˈbiːtn/, U.S. /ˌoʊvərˈbitn/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: over- prefix, beaten adj.
Etymology: < over- prefix + beaten adj. Compare overbeat v.
Struck with too many blows; beaten too much or to excess. Also: = beaten adj. 2 (cf. well-beaten adj.). Also in extended use.
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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).
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