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单词 overblown
释义 overblown
I. \| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷\ adjective
Etymology: from past participle of overblow
1. : blown over or away
2.
 a. : marked by excessively large girth or proportions : portly
  < a handsome, overblown creature — S.J.Perelman >
  < swamps that helped support his overblown body — Jack Breed >
 b.
  (1) : puffed up to inflated proportions
   < the overblown products of propaganda — Newsweek >
   < empty shuffling of overblown memories — Saturday Review >
   < the tale becomes overblown and thin — Amy Loveman >
   < a corrective power to deflate whatever was overblownListener >
  (2) : flamboyant, turgid, or bombastic in manner or content : pretentious
   < an obsolete and overblown oratory — Bernard De Voto >
   < as strained, overblown, and obvious as a soap opera — Charles Lee >
   < his climaxes are … never maudlin or overblownModern Music >
II. adjective
Etymology: over (I) + blown, past participle of blow (to blossom)
: blossomed to excess : more than full blown
 < a rose that already is overblown — C.E.Montague >
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