单词 | overhit |
释义 | overhitv. 1. transitive. To affect unduly in an adverse way. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > adversity > suffer (adversity or affliction) [verb (transitive)] > afflict > affect or visit with adversity followOE waryc1200 hita1400 remord?c1400 visit1424 to lead (a person) the measures1594 conflict1609 to lead a person a life1715 overhit1816 put1841 to put (a person) through it1855 1816 Sporting Mag. 48 173 The Captain..being over-hit with bets, rushed into the presence of his Creator. 1993 Federal News Service (Nexis) 17 June Overlay each of the services on the list and then see whether you've overhit one community. 2000 Boston Herald (Nexis) 10 Feb. 36 ‘U.S. Cellular was overhit,’ says Freedman, who says he worked a decline in roaming revenue into his projections for the company. 2. transitive. To hit or hit at (a thing) too strongly; to go beyond instead of exactly hitting (something). Also intransitive. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > advancement or progress > outdoing or surpassing > outdo or surpass [verb (transitive)] > go beyond (bounds) > go beyond (what is aimed at) overreacha1569 overhit1877 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > racket games > lawn tennis > play tennis [verb (transitive)] > strike ball in specific way cut1875 volley1875 smash1882 lob1889 block1895 overhit1919 softball1927 1877 R. Browning tr. Aeschylus Agamemnon 64 How ought I revere thee,—nor yet overhitting Nor yet underbending the grace that is fitting? 1919 C. Hierons Lawn Tennis xiii. 57 The beginner should take care that he does not over-hit the ball. 1950 Internat. Affairs 26 467 One of the drawbacks of the U bomb is that it is somewhat too powerful, it tends to over-hit... The power is wasted in, so to speak, smashing things many times over. 1992 Sports Illustr. 19 Oct. 74/2 He double-faulted in tiebreakers and overhit easy putaways. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1816 |
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