| 单词 |
overthrown |
| 释义 |
ˈoverˈthrown, ppl. a. and n. (shifting stress) [pa. pple. of overthrow v.] A. ppl. adj. 1. Thrown over on its side, face, or upper surface; upset; overcome; vanquished, demolished.
1579–80North Plutarch (1676) 35 Some easie medicine, to purge an overthrown body. 1667Milton P.L. vi. 856 The overthrown he rais'd. 1814Southey in Q. Rev. XII. 189 The ruins of overthrown edifices. 1877N.W. Linc. Gloss., Farwelted, overthrown; said of sheep. †2. Thrown too strongly. Obs. [over- 28 c.]
1642Fuller Holy & Prof. St. i. ii. 29 A rubbe to an overthrown bowl proves an help by hindering it. †B. n. A supine (in grammar). Obs. rare.
c1532G. Du Wes Introd. Fr. in Palsgr. 935 The overthrowen or supins which ben called reuerses. |

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