overblow

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To cover with blossoms or flowers. transitive
  2. To blow over or across. transitive
  3. To blow away; dissipate by or as by wind. transitive
  4. To exaggerate the significance of something. transitive
    — if you do print the DUI story and sensationalize and overblow it
  5. To blow a wind instrument (typically a whistle, recorder or flute) hard to produce a higher pitch than usual. transitive
    — The upper octaves of the flute's compass are produced by overblowing.
  6. Of a wind instrument, to move from its lower to its higher register. intransitive
    — The oboe overblows at the octave; the clarinet at the twelfth.
  7. Of the wind: to blow very hard, often resulting in ships unable to carry full sail. archaic,intransitive
    — Finding it was like to overblow, we took in our Sprit-ſail, and ſtood by to hand the Fore-ſail; but making foul Weather, we look'd the Guns were all faſt, and handed the Miſſen.
  8. To blow over; pass over; pass away. intransitive,obsolete
    — But art thou not drown'd, Stephano? I hope now thou are / not drown'd. Is the storm overblown?

词形变化

overblows present,singular,third-person overblowing participle,present overblew past overblown participle,past overblows present,singular,third-person overblowing participle,present overblew past overblown participle,past

词汇关系

衍生词
overblower

词源

词源 1
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-
Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₁-
Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₁-der.
Proto-Germanic *blēaną
Proto-West Germanic *blāan
Old English blāwan
Middle English blowen
English blow
English overblow
From over- + blow (“to flower, bloom”).
词源 2
From Middle English overblowen, equivalent to over- + blow.
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