overtuned
动词 v.
形容词 adj.
英文释义
动词 v.
- simple past and past participle of overtune
形容词 adj.
-
Tuned or adjusted so as to be excessive (in terms of some quality), especially
— The process is overtuned. . . . Now it's gotten to the point where it takes sixteen months to get out any release of any Microsoft product. They really can't steer that ship very fast.
-
Tuned or adjusted so as to be excessive (in terms of some quality), especially:; Of a string or string instrument: tuned so as to be excessively tight.
— It was not until he was lying in the hospital bed at St Stephen's with his hand and arm fished like a broken spar that he realized his nerves were wound up tauter than an overtuned violin: another fraction of a turn, it seemed, and something would snap.
-
Tuned or adjusted so as to be excessive (in terms of some quality), especially:; Of an engine: tuned so as to be more powerful than intended by the manufacturer.
— There was the high-pitched rev of an overtuned engine, and Rosalie roared out of the shed and headed for the gully of the little stream by the dry-stone wall.
-
Tuned or adjusted so as to be excessive (in terms of some quality), especially:; Of a sense or mode of perception: trained so as to be excessively sensitive.
— Had she just caught a reflection from somewhere else? A night bird? Or were her overtuned and hypervigilant senses playing games with her mind?
-
Tuned or adjusted so as to be excessive (in terms of some quality), especially:; Of a character, item, ability, etc.: excessively powerful; overpowered.
— I think honestly some of the abilities we gave Dash may have been slightly overtuned.
-
Tuned or adjusted so as to be excessive (in terms of some quality), especially:; Of a raid or similar challenge: excessively difficult.
— For a while, there was a concern that nobody could beat Riven, that Last Wish was simply too overtuned for day-one raiders. But then the first crew beat the boss around power level 550, and it became clear that Bungie had done something amazing.
-
Excessive in some respect (without any implication of having been tuned).
— There was a baby photo, those school portraits with the rainbow background, a big Afro playing basketball, a tuxedo-and-date prom, a couple of graduations, blah, blah, blah. Corny, yes, but these photo montages always touched Myron, exploiting his overtuned sensitivity like a sappy Hallmark commercial.
词源
词源 1
From over- + tuned.
词源 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
0 次浏览
数据来源: Wiktionary