请输入您要查询的英文单词:

 

单词 overmourn
释义

overmournv.

Brit. /ˌəʊvəˈmɔːn/, U.S. /ˌoʊvərˈmɔrn/
Forms: see over- prefix and mourn v.1
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: over- prefix, mourn v.1
Etymology: < over- prefix + mourn v.1
1. transitive. To mourn (a person, a person's death, etc.) excessively. Also intransitive.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > lament or express grief [verb (intransitive)] > excessively
overmourn1594
1594 T. Kyd tr. R. Garnier Cornelia Argt. Hauing ouer-mourn'd the death of her deere husband.
1650 R. Baxter Saints Everlasting Rest (1656) x. 281 When he dies we mourn and usually overmourn.
1998 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 25 Jan. i. 1/3 People who ‘overmourn’ the loss of a pregnancy, some say, may be transferring their pain over other issues.
2002 Akron (Ohio) Beacon Jrnl. (Nexis) 28 June b1 Let us not overmourn the end of PI (even if it is impossible not to overmourn its eventual successor).
2. transitive (reflexive). To wear oneself out by lamenting. (In quot. 1607 used of an animal.) Obsolete. rare.
ΚΠ
1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 302 Least the Mare ouer-mourne her selfe for want of hir foale.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
<
v.1594
随便看

 

英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。

 

Copyright © 2004-2022 Newdu.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间:2024/12/23 19:54:32