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单词	surfeit
释义	sur·feit I. \ˈsərfə̇t, ˈsə̄f-, ˈsəif-, usu -ə̇d.+V\ noun (-s) Etymology: Middle English surfait, surfet, from Middle French sourfait, seurfet, from past participle of sourfaire to reach too high, literally, overdo, from sour-, sur- sur- + faire to make, do, from Latin facere — more at do 1. : an overabundant supply, yield, or amount of something : excess, superfluity < a murder with a surfeit of clues and motives — London Calling > < hard to choose … from such a surfeit of riches — Martin Levin > 2. a. : an intemperate or immoderate indulgence in something (as food or drink) usually to a degree that causes physical disorders < died of a surfeit of sprats — T.C.Chubb > b. obsolete : the amount (as of food or drink) taken intemperately or in excess < his loathing stomach … shall cast the precious surfeit up again — Richard Blackmore > 3. archaic : a sickness arising from excess in eating and drinking : sickness caused by intemperance < he died of a surfeit caused by intemperance — Oliver Goldsmith > 4. : disgust caused by excess : satiety < supplied abundantly and even to surfeit — Edmund Burke > II. verb (-ed/-ing/-s) Etymology: Middle English surfeten, from surfet surfeit *transitive verb* : to feed, supply, or give to surfeit : disgust or sicken by excess : fill to satiety or repletion : cloy < a large and corpulent individual surfeited … with good eating — Theodore Dreiser > < the public was already surfeited with … histories — Edmund Wilson > *intransitive verb* 1. archaic : to indulge excessively or to satiety in any gratification (as of the appetite or senses) < a merrier set of gourmands … never surfeited in genial diet — E.K.Kane > 2. a. obsolete : to suffer from overindulgence : become sick especially from food or drink taken in excess < they are as sick that surfeit with too much as they that starve with nothing — Shakespeare > b. archaic : to become nauseated or disgusted with an excess of something : become sick of something overabundant < so early dost thou surfeit with the wealth — H.F.Cary > Synonyms: see satiate
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