overmuch

名词 n. 形容词 adj. 副词 adv. 限定词 det.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An excessive amount; too much. uncountable
    — They had felled too freely here; the sawmills had taken over-much, leaving next to no young wood.
形容词 adj.
  1. Excessive. not-comparable
    — […]it is good to be applyed to womens breaſts, that grow ſore by the aboundance of milke comming into them: as alſo to repreſſe the overmuch bleeding of the hemorrhoids, to coole the Inflammations of the parts thereabouts, and to give eaſe of paines:[…].
副词 adv.
  1. Too much; overly much UK,not-comparable
    — Some readers do not care overmuch for poetry.
限定词 det.
  1. Very much; too much; overly much. UK
    — So that contrariwise ye ought rather to forgive him, and comfort him, lest perhaps such a one should be swallowed up with overmuch sorrow.

词形变化

over much alternative over much alternative over much alternative over much alternative

词源

词源 1
From Middle English overmuche, overmuchel, from Old English ofermiċel, ofermyċel (“overmuch, excessive”), equivalent to over- + much. Compare overmany and overmore. Doublet of overmickle. Cognate with Scots over-mekill (“overmuch, excessive”), Old Norse ofrmikill (“overmuch, excessive”), Icelandic ofmikill (“overmuch, excessive”).
词源 2
From Middle English overmuche, overmuchel, equivalent to over- + much.
词源 3
From Middle English overmuche, overmuchel, from the adjective.
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