单词 | superflux |
释义 | superfluxn. 1. An unnecessary or excess amount of something; a surplus. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > excessive amount or degree > [noun] > excess, redundancy, or superfluity > excessive quantity or amount overchargea1325 outrakea1400 surcharge1603 superflux1608 overquantitya1626 overflux1633 gluta1652 overdose1700 excresce1707 overseta1715 embarras de richesse1750 sickener1809 embarras de choix1825 richesse1875 basinful1935 1608 W. Shakespeare King Lear xi. 32 Take physicke pompe, Expose thy selfe to feele what wretches feele, That thou mayst shake the superflux to them. a1626 W. Rowley New Wonder (1632) i. i. B 3 To groane under the superflux of blessings. 1712 H. Curzon Universal Libr. I. 506 Jaundies, if yellow, is from spread of the Gall or Superflux thereof. 1775 S. J. Pratt Liberal Opinions (1783) IV. cix. 32 Shall they steal their own necessaries from the superflux of another? 1809 B. H. Malkin tr. A. R. Le Sage Adventures Gil Blas IV. x. ii. 27 Hadst thou but thrown to them the superflux of that abundance, in which..thou rolledst. 1826 C. Lamb in New Monthly Mag. 16 28 If nothing else could be said for a feast, this is sufficient, that from the superflux there is usually something left for the next day. 1872 R. Browning Fifine xliv Art..discards the superflux, Contributes to defect. a1938 T. Wolfe Web & Rock (1939) vii. xlvi. 660 That swarming multitude of Gothic print, that staggering superflux of German culture, maddened him with an intolerable and impossible hunger for possession. 1999 Evening Standard (Nexis) 15 June 15 The other 600-odd members of the Commons are a time-wasting and expensive superflux. 2. An overflow of water. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > liquid > liquid which has been emitted > overflow > [noun] wellinga1425 overflow1589 restagnation1623 superflux1760 overflooding1881 outpour1897 the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > flood or flooding > [noun] streamc950 water floodOE floodc1000 waterOE diluvya1325 waterganga1325 flowinga1340 delugec1374 diluvec1386 Noah's floodc1390 overflowing1430 inundation1432 flowa1450 surrounding1449 over-drowninga1500 spate1513 float1523 drowning1539 ravine1545 alluvion1550 surundacion1552 watershot1567 overflow1589 ravage1611 inunding1628 surroundera1642 water breach1669 flooding1799 debacle1802 diluviation1816 deluging1824 superflux1830 whelm1842 come1862 floodage1862 sheet-flood1897 flash flooding1939 flash-flood1940 1760 S. Derrick Lett. (1767) I. 102 Another very remarkable waterfall is the superflux of a collection of water on the top of the high mountain of Mongerlogh. 1830 Boston Med. & Surg. Jrnl. 7 Sept. 498/2 For all its water..it [sc. Egypt] is indebted to the annual superflux of the Nile. 1901 Rep. Lands Settlement Comm. S. Afr. 293/1 The extent of the ground on the Orange Free State bank that would be affected by the superflux occasioned by the weir. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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