单词 | overstuff |
释义 | overstuffv. transitive. To stuff to excess; to overfill. ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > presence > fact of taking up space > take up (space or a place) [verb (transitive)] > fill > to excess overfillOE overchargea1325 cark1330 overfulfila1450 glut1471 overheap1549 accloy1581 overglut1586 superonerate1607 obsaturate1623 overstuff1715 1715 L. Theobald tr. Aristophanes Clouds i. i. 23 When you have over-stuffed your self with Soup, if you do but stir your Belly, is there not an immediate Croaking in your Guts? a1729 E. Taylor Metrical Hist. Christianity (1962) 291 Hincmar of Rhemes pronounceth that decree All over stufft with wickedness to bee. 1781 H. Walpole Let. 31 Mar. in M. Berry Extracts Jrnls. & Corr. (1865) I. 293 The prisons are overstuffed. 1822 T. Mitchell tr. Dicast turned Gentleman in tr. Aristophanes Comedies II. 301 All the antics of an ass o'erstuff'd with barley. 1869 Amer. Naturalist 3 199 Taxidermists, as a general thing, are apt to overstuff their specimens. 1941 C. Fadiman Reading I've Liked 360 It is true that..they overstuff their books, that they edify and prophesy as much as they create character. 1991 Fly Rod & Reel Mar. 7/3 The Indians proceeded to shoot enough largemouth bass to overstuff a large gunny sack. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1715 |
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