overdressed英语原文释义、词形变化、词源和词汇关系

英文释义

动词 v.

simple past and past participle of overdress form-of,participle,past

形容词 adj.

Wearing too many clothes for the weather or the occasion.

— Almost all babies get heat rash during hot weather. However, heat rash can occur even in cold weather if your child is overdressed either during the daytime or the nighttime.
Wearing clothes too formal or too elaborate for the occasion.

— Not, a thousand times not, that she should be overdressed. An overdressed Angel is a contradiction in terms. We associate not angelic attributes with the gorgeous attire and plenipotent jewellery of a Houndsditch Hebrewess. Just as the man who is got up in the loudest of loud costumes, and hangs out as a sort of Christmas tree, with incongruous braveries and charms and nicknacks pendent all over, we are apt to deem not a gentleman, but a gent.

词形变化

more overdressed comparative most overdressed superlative over-dressed alternative over-dressed alternative

词汇关系

近义词

overclothed

反义词

underdressed

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-
English dressed
English overdressed
From over- + dressed.

词源 2

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-
English dress
English overdress
English -ed
English overdressed
From overdress + -ed.