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单词 overshaken
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overshakenadj.

Brit. /ˌəʊvəˈʃeɪk(ə)n/, U.S. /ˌoʊvərˈʃeɪk(ə)n/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: over- prefix, shaken adj.
Etymology: < over- prefix + shaken adj. Compare earlier overshake v. 2.
That has been shaken too much; excessively shaken.
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1849 E. B. Browning Let. 19 Sept. in Lett. to her Sister (1929) 113 He..never cried once throughout the ten long hours, (six on donkey and back)—came home laughing and talking to himself, though burnt red with the sun, poor little darling, and didn't seem over-shaken or bruised the following day.
1889 F. E. Gretton Memory's Harkback 141 To give rest to his over-shaken elbows.
2001 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 30 Jan. c8/1 A comedian..surprised his date with a faceful of foam from an overshaken bottle of Bud Light beer.
2002 Western Daily Press (Nexis) 1 June 9 Bowing or curtseying [to the Queen] or shaking her overshaken hand—how respectable, but dull, we appear.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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