Surfeit



GRE 蓝宝 Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. ( 食物) 过量, 过度
• ［英］ n. ( 食物) 过量, 过度 ( an overabundant supply;excess)
• ［类］ 反义词: famish ( 使挨饿) ; starve ( 使挨饿) ; deprivation ( 缺乏) ; insufficient supply ( 不足的供应) ; deficiency ( 不足)
• ［记］ sur ( 过分) +feit ( 做) -> 做过了头 -> 过量

Webster Collegiate

I. noun

• Etymology: Middle English surfet, from Anglo-French, from surfaire to overdo, from sur- + faire to do, from Latin facere — more at do
• Date: 14th century
• 1. an overabundant supply ; excess
• 2. an intemperate or immoderate indulgence in something (as food or drink)
• 3. disgust caused by excess

II. verb

• Date: 14th century
• transitive verb
  • to feed, supply, or give to surfeit
• intransitive verb
  • archaic to indulge to satiety in a gratification (as indulgence of the appetite or senses)
• Synonyms: see satiate
• ? surfeiter noun

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