overplay

动词 v.
中文释义
发音 ō'vər-plā'

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To overdo or overact one's effect or role. ambitransitive
    — When Chris overacted his part again, the director warned that anyone overplaying would be barred from the next production.
  2. To play (a song or record) too frequently, often to the point of causing weariness and annoyance. transitive
    — A lot of times I don't want to overplay songs that I really like, because I know that then I'll get sick of them and I don't want to get sick of them.
  3. To overestimate one's strength in a game or event, which ultimately may end in a defeat. ambitransitive,figuratively
    — Jack won the last match of blackjack; Theo overplayed.
  4. To accidentally hit (one's golf ball) beyond "the green". transitive
    — The first few shots went wonderfully, but Robin overplayed the last and lost.

词形变化

overplays present,singular,third-person overplaying participle,present overplayed participle,past overplayed past

词汇关系

衍生词
overplay one's hand

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-
English play
English overplay
From over- + play.
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