单词 | overwalk |
释义 | overwalkv.ΘΚΠ the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > walk upon or tread [verb (transitive)] to step (up)on ——OE beatOE treadc1384 betread1495 overwalk1533 foot1557 walk1574 trample1595 reiterate1648 to step foot in1864 pound1890 society > travel > aspects of travel > going on foot > traverse on foot [verb (transitive)] treadOE walka1400 overwalk1533 pad1553 stroll1693 cruise1948 1533 T. More Confutation Barnes in Wks. 770/1 Ye saye shee is some where abrode in the wylde world, whych worlde is a place to wyde..for a woman to ouerwalke well. 1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 i. iii. 190 As full of perill and aduenterous spirit, As to orewalke a Current roring lowd, On the vnstedfast footing of a speare. View more context for this quotation 1789 W. Wordsworth Evening Walk 165 Some..O'erwalk the slender plank from side to side. 1793 W. Wordsworth Descr. Sketches 33 They..O'er-walk the chasmy torrent's foam-lit bed. 2. transitive (reflexive). To walk too much or too far; to tire oneself with excessive walking. Also (occasionally) intransitive. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > weariness or exhaustion > weary or exhaust [verb (reflexive)] > in specific ways overrun1533 overthink1628 overmusea1652 over-dance1653 overtravel1654 forfight1661 overwalk1662 over-read1668 overwrite1752 overpreach1865 outwrite1883 overshoot1883 to run out1892 the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > walk [verb (reflexive)] > too much overwalk1662 1662 J. Strype Let. in W. Wordsworth Schol. Acad. (1877) 292 Be carefull of yrselfe and do not over walk yrselfe for yt is wont to bring yo upon a sick bedd. 1799 J. Austen Let. 2 June (1995) 42 My Uncle overwalked himself at first & can now only travel in a Chair. 1826 W. Scott Jrnl. 26 Aug. (1939) 221 I rather overwalked myself yesterday. 1837 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers xli. 454 No danger of over-walking yourself here—spike park—grounds pretty—romantic, but not extensive. 1878 T. Hardy Return of Native III. iv. viii. 84 I used to tell her not to over-walk herself in this weather. 1906 Westm. Gaz. 6 Mar. 4/1 Even unto excess we think, We overgolf, we overwalk. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1533 |
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