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单词 overwrought
释义
overwroughto‧ver‧wrought /ˌəʊvəˈrɔːt◂ $ ˌoʊvəˈrɒːt◂/ adjective Word Origin
WORD ORIGINoverwrought
Origin:
1600-1700 Old past participle of overwork
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • an overwrought performance
  • Cecile was emotionally overwrought.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • After the show, one was left trying to figure out what the overwrought applause was really all about.
  • But our existence, while prosperous, is overwrought and banal.
  • Coleridge in such cajoling and overwrought spirits was not to be thwarted, and Poole sensibly gave up all further resistance.
  • Constantly overwrought, sometimes embarrassing in her alcohol and pharmaceutical-induced sorrows, Leo could have been a typical Almodovar comic heroine.
  • He shook his head in disgust at his own overwrought imagination.
  • Was this all just a matter of runaway credulity, mass hysteria, or overwrought salesmanship?
  • Yoshimoto, however, is a legitimate storyteller, and avoids the overwrought sentiment that forces a reader to cry unwilling tears.
very upset, nervous, and worried:  Clara was tired and overwrought after all the problems of the last few days.
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