overact

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To act in an exaggerated manner. intransitive
    — He overacted his part.
  2. To act upon, or influence, unduly. obsolete,transitive
    — The hope of inheritance overacts them.

词形变化

overacts present,singular,third-person overacting participle,present overacted participle,past overacted past

词汇关系

近义词
chew the scenery ham ham it up melodramatize tear a cat
衍生词
overactor

词源

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *úp
Proto-Indo-European *-er
Proto-Indo-European *upér
Proto-Germanic *uber
Old English ofer-
Middle English over-
English over-
Latin agō
Latin ācta
Old French actbor.
Middle English acte
English act
English overact
From over- + act.
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