| 单词 |
overstuffed |
| 释义 |
ˌoverˈstuffed, ppl. a.
[over- 8 b, 27 b, 28 c.]
1. Of furniture: completely covered with a thick layer of stuffing.
1904N.E.D. s.v. over- 27 b. 1925T. Dreiser Amer. Trag. (1926) I. ii. xxi. 302 An old, faded and somewhat decrepit overstuffed chair. 1928S. Lewis Man who knew Coolidge i. 46 You sit at home in the ole over-stuffed chair. 1930U. Parrott Strangers may Kiss 28 The two armchairs were guaranteed by the landlady to be overstuffed. 1931Times 16 Mar. 22/6 (Advt.), Overstuffed Chesterfield suites in tapestry. 1962M. Duckworth in C. K. Stead N.Z. Short Stories (1966) 362 He passed a..man seated on an overstuffed couch. 1973W. M. Duncan Big Timer x. 66 There were three over-stuffed armchairs.
2. fig. Inflated, exaggerated; obese, fat.
1936L. C. Douglas White Banners xi. 233 Hannah's fears that an overstuffed optimism might involve them all in a financial disaster were gradually allayed. 1946E. Linklater Private Angelo xviii. 230 Some great overstuffed history of the world's calamities. 1972Daily Tel. 15 Jan. 9/2 The vulgar antics of the overstuffed striptease dancers. |
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