单词 | overstimulate |
释义 | overstimulatev. transitive. To stimulate too much; to over-excite. Also intransitive. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > types of treatment generally > practise or apply type of treatment [verb (intransitive)] > stimulate > excessively overstimulate1928 1801 M. Edgeworth Belinda I. i. 11 She seemed like a spoiled actress off the stage, over stimulated by applause. 1845 B. Disraeli Sybil I. i. iii. 45 It [sc. credit] has so overstimulated the energies of the population..that the moral condition of the people has been entirely lost sight of. 1896 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. I. 399 It is a common error to over-feed and over-stimulate. 1928 A. B. Callow Food & Health 24 Condiments..have the effect of stimulating gastric secretion, but..they tend to over-stimulate. 1959 Dict. National Biogr. 1941–50 at Manson, James Bolivar He had no head for wine: at one moment he would be entirely unaffected, while an additional glass would over-stimulate him. 1990 Omni July 30/2 Caffeine produced by coffee trees overstimulates insects that dare to munch their leaves. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1801 |
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