overween

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To think too highly or arrogantly of (oneself). ergative
    — and they that overween, / And at thy growing virtues fret their spleen,
  2. To make or render arrogant and overweening.
    — There is, I suppose, the cheap drama of man sticking his nose into an area where it does little good except to expand his already overweened vanity.
  3. To overwhelm. proscribed
    — The invasion of a vast enemy host upon the unprepared is unstoppable; the huge phalanx of tanks overweens our small army of trucks and rifles; […]

词形变化

overweens present,singular,third-person overweening participle,present overweened participle,past overweened past

词汇关系

衍生词
overweener overweening

词源

From Middle English overwēnen (“to be presumptuous, be over-confident; presume”), from Old English oferwennan and oferwenian (“to be proud, become insolent, or presumptuous”), equivalent to over- + ween.
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