释义 |
ˈover-ˈlow, a. and adv. [over- 28, 30.] Too low. So ˈover-ˈlowness.
c1374Chaucer Boeth. iii. metr. ix. 68 (Camb. MS.) Ne þat the heuynysse we drawen nat a-down ouer lowe the erthes. 1496Dives & Paup. (W. de W.) i. xiv. 46/2 By flaterye and ouerlowenesse of the people..many worshyppes that longeth sometyme to god allone, ben now used in the worshyppynge of synfull man and woman. 1647Ward Simp. Cobler 52 Deifying you so over-much, that you cannot be quiet in your Spirit, till they have pluckt you down as over-low. |