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单词 overshaded
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overshadedadj.

Brit. /ˌəʊvəˈʃeɪdᵻd/, U.S. /ˌoʊvərˈʃeɪdᵻd/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: overshade v., -ed suffix1.
Etymology: < overshade v. + -ed suffix1. Compare earlier overshadowed adj.
That has a shadow cast over; overshadowed; (also) that is shaded too much.
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1790 J. Byng Diary 18 Sept. in C. B. Andrews Torrington Diaries (1938) IV. 152 Instead of these cool, overshaded Lanes, there now runs a wide exposed Road over the Hill.
1850 T. Carlyle Latter-day Pamphlets 20 This plunging in the heavy labyrinth of overshaded lanes..cannot last.
1868 Putnam's Mag. Aug. 130/1 Over each of these hang two bright-lighted and deeply over-shaded oil-lamps.
1915 P. E. Grandet tr. H. de Balzac Wks. 59 The mysterious beauty of quiet overshaded gardens, or of wild and solitary places.
2000 Arkansas Democrat-Gaz. (Nexis) 9 July a1 Blaney worries that black bears..may decline in number if berries and forage are threatened by overshaded forestland.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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