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单词 overheat
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overheatn.

Brit. /ˈəʊvəhiːt/, U.S. /ˈoʊvərˌhit/
Forms: see over- prefix and heat n.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: over- prefix, heat n.
Etymology: < over- prefix + heat n. With sense 1 compare Middle Dutch overheet , overhitte , Middle High German überhitze . With sense 2 compare overheat v.The word apparently became obsolete at the end of the Old English period and was re-formed in the 16th cent.
1.
a. Excessive heat. Obsolete.
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the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > [noun] > excessive heat
overheatlOE
fry1634
lOE Homily (Corpus Cambr. 303) in J. Bazire & J. E. Cross Eleven Old Eng. Rogationtide Homilies (1989) 64 Þær nis naðer ne hungor ne þurst ne cele ne oferhætu ne cwealm ne sar.
1591 J. Florio Second Frutes sig. Bb3 Snow it is, whose couert warmes, and nourisheth our corne, and whose water cooles our ouerheat.
1599 T. Moffett Silkewormes 59 Colde sometimes kills them, sometimes ouer-heate.
1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §411 The Earth doth..save it from over-heat and over-cold.
1848 E. Bennett Renegade vi. 52 Could it be some strange hallucination of the brain—some wild imagination—caused by my previous exercise and over heat?
1872 J. Miller Joaquin et al. 15 The sun is red and flushed and dry, And fretted from his weary beat Across the hot and desert sky, And swollen as from overheat.
b. figurative. Excessive ardour, fervour, vehemence, etc.; an instance of this. Cf. heat n. 11. Obsolete.
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the mind > emotion > passion > ardour or fervour > [noun] > excessive ardour or fervour
wrath1490
overheata1628
over-warmth1823
a1628 F. Greville Poems (1939) 142 Hee feeles a scorching power hid in the same, Which cannot be reuealed to the sight, Yet doth by ouer heat so shrinke this frame, Of fiery apparitions in delight.
a1641 J. Smyth Berkeley MSS (1883) I. 379 The over-heat and boldnes of whose ill-guided manhood.
1870 J. H. Friswell Mod. Men of Lett. iv. 85 This author has an overheat and vigorous fertility in his invention.
2. The action of overheating; the condition of being overheated; an instance of this. Also figurative.
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a1680 S. Butler Satires & Misc. Poetry & Prose (1928) 414 Eternal talking's but an overheat O' th' Brain.
1756 F. Brooke Old Maid No. 10. 56 An over-heat of temper.
1779 Farmer's Mag. Aug. 245 Gardeners who make use of tan only for their pines, should be most careful to avoid an over-heat.
1885 Pall Mall Gaz. 11 Mar. 9/1 The cause of the fire is attributed to ‘overheat of gas stove’.
1969 Times 15 Apr. 0/6 Each engine is equipped with three systems—a fire detection circuit, an overheat detection circuit, and a fire extinguishing circuit.
1995 M. Lawrence et al. Which? Guide Home Safety & Security i. 72 When buying a new [electric] blanket, choose one with overheat protection.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

overheatv.

Brit. /ˌəʊvəˈhiːt/, U.S. /ˈoʊvərˌ(h)it/
Forms: see over- prefix and heat v.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: over- prefix, heat v.
Etymology: < over- prefix + heat v. Compare Middle High German überhitzen to overheat (German überhitzen), German überheizen (specifically) to overheat a room.
1.
a. transitive. To heat too much; to make too hot. Also reflexive: to make oneself too hot.
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the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > heating or making hot > heat or make hot [verb (transitive)] > excessively
overheata1398
swelta1400
parboil1565
over-fire1626
exaestuate1657
a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 100 Þe pacient schal be ware..of metes þat ouer heteþ þe blood.
1580 Sir P. Sidney tr. Psalmes David xxii. ix Whose hart,..like wax oreheated, Doth melt away.
1653 D. Osbourne Let. 7 Apr. (1888) 66 I was not pleased that you should..go lie upon the cold ground. That is full as bad as overheating yourself at tennis.
1676 tr. A. Thevet Prosopographia (new ed.) 76 in T. North tr. Plutarch Lives (new ed.) Fearing lest he should endanger his life by overheating himself.
1724 Philos. Trans. 1722–3 (Royal Soc.) 33 113 It did very much over-heat a Gentlewoman,..and she might have perished if a Surgeon had not given her a cooling and astringent Apozeme.
1785 Mrs. Astley in M. Delany Autobiogr. & Corr. (1862) 2nd Ser. III. 408 You will be discreet, and not overheat yourself in dancing.
1833 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 123 275 We are apt to overheat the salt in a crucible if a lamp be employed.
1892 W. R. Anson Law & Custom of Constit. II. vii. ii. §1. 310 They were used as fuel in the stoves which warmed the Houses of Parliament; they overheated the flues, and burned down the Houses.
1964 G. Lyall Most Dangerous Game xiii. 93 It's practically impossible to overheat an aircooled engine in the Lapland autumn.
1989 A. C. Davies Sci. & Pract. Welding (ed. 9) I. iv. 221 These currents..would rapidly heat up the core and overheat the transformer.
b. transitive. figurative. To stir to excessive strength of feeling; to make too passionate or emotional; to over-excite.
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the mind > emotion > excitement > exciting > excite [verb (transitive)] > excessively
over-wheel1599
overwork1645
overheat1648
overboil1687
fanaticize1812
over-excite1817
1648 Mercurius Pragmaticus No. 36–7. sig. Ccc3 The Saints being over-heated with the former daies work of the House,..They sent a paper this day to the Commons.
1682 N. O. tr. N. Boileau-Despréaux Lutrin i. 133 So storm'd the Prelate, with his Dream o're-heated.
1741 in G. Lamoine Charges to Grand Jury (1992) 319 When ever the mad and unruly Passions of the People..have been..overheated by factious and wicked Leaders..Farewel then the People's Liberties.
1783 T. Holcroft Human Happiness i. 14 Though my fancy, overheated, This as a solid blessing treated.
1898 Econ. Jrnl. 8 506 Societies, born and bred in an atmosphere over-heated by the craving for profit.
1977 M. Kenyon Rapist xii. 144 We don't want wild stories circulating, they only overheat things.
2. intransitive. To become too hot.
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the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > be hot [verb (intransitive)] > excessively
glow1393
overheat1866
1866 J. W. Carlyle Lett. III. 333 A great fire of Marochetti's studio—furnaces overheated in casting Landseer's ‘great lion’.
1908 Westm. Gaz. 27 Oct. 4/1 The engine overheated twice,..but this was when the car was taken out without any water in the radiator.
1950 Sci. News 15 81 It may be found that the rocket overheats in spite of this cooling.
1990 Computer Buyer's Guide & Handbk. 8 vii. 18/3 What if..a generator overheats and blows up.
3. intransitive. Of a country's economy, a market sector, etc.: to show marked inflation when increased demand results in rising prices rather than increased output. Also transitive: to cause (an economy, etc.) to behave in this way.
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society > trade and finance > management of money > management of national resources > [verb (transitive)] > apply specific policies to
protect1778
rationalize1926
sterilize1930
reflate1932
maximize1943
overheat1956
inflation-proof1973
1956 Ann. Reg. 1955 227 Heavy industry had..been ‘over-heated’, but there was no strain on producers of consumer goods, and retail prices in this field had hardly risen.
1974 Times 9 Oct. 5/2 Successive governments..had overheated the economy by increasing public spending and boosting demand, consequently pushing up inflation.
1996 Asian Econ. News (Nexis) 1 Jan. The construction sector overheated in the early 1990s, leading to runaway inflation.
2002 Mortgage Banking (Nexis) 1 Oct. 24 Consumers spent money, took on more debt and then spent more. Businesses expanded until the economy overheated.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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