| 释义 |
overtoil, v.|əʊvəˈtɔɪl|
[over- 21.]
trans. To wear out or exhaust by excessive toil; to overwork, fatigue. Hence overˈtoiled ppl. a., overˈtoiling vbl. n.
1577J. Northbrooke Dicing (1843) 52 Wearied nature's ouertoyled bodies. 1607Markham Caval. iii. (1617) 59 Seeke to ouertoile him, and make him glad to giue ouer striuing to get the leading. 1612Brinsley Lud. Lit. v. (1627) 51 To prevent the overtoyling and terrifying of Schollers with it. 1727Bradley Fam. Dict. s.v. Girdle Wheel, Ladies that love not to overtoil themselves. 1847–8H. Miller First Impr. xviii. 325 An overtoiled young man in delicate health. 1859Tennyson Enid 1225 Overtoil'd By that day's travel. |
