“over、dear”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

over-dear

释义

ˈover-ˈdear, a.
[over- 25, 27.]
Excessively or exceedingly dear (in various senses); too costly.
[1297R. Glouc. (Rolls) 8008 Þer ne ssolde no mete ne drinke, bote it were ouer dere, Come wiþinne is wombe, ne cloþ ouer is suere.]1483Caxton Gold. Leg. 117/1 O my overderest sones that were the sustenance and staf of myn old age.1619T. Milles tr. Mexia's Treas. Anc. & Mod. Times II. 965/2 Which (to my greefe) I finde now by ouer-deare experience.1655Fuller Ch. Hist. viii. ii. §34 Queen Mary..not over-dear to her own husband.1895Forum (N.Y.) Nov. 280 Even success..may be bought at a price over-dear to pay.
as adv. [c1500Dunbar Poems xxxiv. 49 ‘Ȝett’, quod the Deuill, ‘thou sellis our deir’.]
Hence ˈover-ˈdearness.
1680J. Collins Plea Irish Cattle 6 His Majesty loseth much..by the Over-dearness of Provisions for his Navy.

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