单词 | overwrought |
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音标 | ['əuvə'rɔ:t] |
解释 | a.紧张过度的 |
红宝书 | 【英】 adj. 紧张过度的(very nervous or excited) 【记】 over(过分)+wrought( 兴奋的,精神的) 【例】 An angry and overwrought actor broke the reporter's camera. |
字源 | overwrought (adj.) "worked up to too high a pitch," 1825, literally "over-worked," from over- + wrought. Earlier it meant "exhausted by work" (1660s) as a literal past participle of overwork. |
不择手段背单词 | adj. 紧张兴奋过度的 【记】over过分, wrought(work的过去式和过去分词): 工作过度是因为刚开始工作, 处于兴奋紧张的阶段. |
趣味全助记 | 【记】wrought 为 work的过去式和过去分词,over work out 做得过多了,太兴奋了,另一个意思是同overdone 做的过火了 |
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