单词 | oversmoke |
释义 | oversmokev.ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > cover [verb (transitive)] > with or as with specific other things clodc1420 pavea1425 foamc1540 overstain1559 thatch1589 sinew1592 to ice over1602 curd1654 overfleece1717 fleece1730 stucco1774 oversmoke1855 bepaper1861 beboulder1862 overflower1876 sack1880 overglass1883 to board over1885 pad1885 lather1917 cobweb1928 1855 R. Browning Up at Villa v The hills over-smoked behind by the faint grey olive-trees. 2. ΚΠ 1859 G. A. Sala Twice round Clock 339 The Americans..are always over-eating, over drinking, and over-smoking themselves. 1890 Cornhill Mag. Oct. 417 I work as hard as I can and oversmoke myself and am happy. b. intransitive. To smoke excessively. Also (occasionally) transitive: to smoke too many (cigarettes, etc.). ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > tobacco > smoking > smoke [verb (intransitive)] > heavily or too much to smoke like a chimney1840 oversmoke1895 to hit cigarettes1939 1895 Westm. Gaz. 26 Oct. 3/1 [He] may have drunk too much tea..or oversmoked. 1907 Westm. Gaz. 1 Oct. 8/3 In the majority of instances the individual who is weak enough to over-smoke will indulge in other excesses. 1946 Fortune Aug. 78/2 The traveler consigned to hours of tedious waiting can only..sit on his baggage and, while oversmoking, drearily contemplate his sins. 1988 New Scientist 31 Mar. 18/3 Studies have shown that smokers ‘oversmoke’ cigarettes with low nicotine yields and ‘undersmoke’ those with high yields. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1855 |
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