单词 | overshade |
释义 | overshadev. 1. transitive. To cast a shadow over; to render gloomy or dark; to overshadow. Also (occasionally) intransitive. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > darkness or absence of light > intercepting or cutting off of light > intercept or cut off (light) [verb (transitive)] > overshadow beshadea1000 overshadowOE beshadowc1320 shadowc1384 obumber?1440 obumbrate1531 overdrip1587 overshade1594 inumbrate1623 umbrate1623 overgloom1796 adumbrate1834 sky1840 eOE King Ælfred tr. Gregory Pastoral Care (Hatton) (1871) xlv. 337 Swa se fiicbeam ofersceadað ðæt lond ðæt hit under him ne mæg gegrowan. OE West Saxon Gospels: Luke (Corpus Cambr.) ix. 34 Ða wearð genip & ofersceadude hig [c1200 Hatton oferscadede]. 1594 W. Shakespeare Titus Andronicus ii. iii. 273 The Elder tree, Which ouer shades the mouth of that same pit. View more context for this quotation 1595 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 3 ii. vi. 62 Darke cloudie death oreshades his beames of life. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost v. 376 Lead on then where thy Bowre Oreshades . View more context for this quotation 1670 J. Dryden Tyrannick Love i. i. 5 The Monster of the Wood, O're-shading all which under him would grow. 1739 D. Hume Treat. Human Nature II. ii. 178 A superiority naturally seems to overshade us, and presents a disagreeable comparison. 1749 J. Cleland Mem. Woman of Pleasure I. 65 Her fat brawny thighs hung down, and the whole greasy landskip lay fairly open to my view: a wide open-mouth'd gap, overshaded with a grizzly bush. 1823 C. Lamb Old China in Elia 2nd Ser. A passing sentiment seemed to overshade the brows of my companion. 1891 F. Thompson Corymbus for Autumn in Poems (1893) 43 With hair..In tumbling clusters, like swarthy grapes, Round thy brow and thine ears o'ershaden. 1928 Amer. Naturalist 62 74 Such destruction may prolong the period in which the ants enjoy the sunshine before the trees overshade the mounds. 2001 Orlando Sentinel 24 Aug. k6 An investigation that will overshade anything the Wildcats accomplish in 2001. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > refuge or shelter > seek (refuge) [verb (transitive)] > shelter > cover protectively overshadoweOE shadowc1000 overshadeOE cloaka1554 shade1623 OE West Saxon Gospels: Luke (Corpus Cambr.) i. 35 Þæs heahstan miht þe ofersceadað [c1200 Hatton oferscædeð; L. obumbrabit]. OE Arundel Psalter cxxxix. 8 Domine domine uirtus salutis meae obumbrasti et super caput meum in die belli : drihten drihten mægn hælo minre þu oferscadodest & ofer heafod min on dæge gefeoht. 1594 T. Lodge & R. Greene Looking Glasse sig. I4v The hand of mercy ouershead her [sc. the Church's] head. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.eOE |
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