[usu. in sing.]an excessive amount of something 過(guò)量 a surfeit of food and drink. 過(guò)量的食物和飲料。 ■(archaic)an illness caused or regarded as being caused by excessive eating or drinking (古)飲食過(guò)度 he died of a surfeit. 他死于飲食過(guò)度。
(surfeited, surfeiting)
[with obj.](常作 be surfeited with)cause (someone) to desire no more of something as a result of having consumed or done it to excess 使厭膩 I am surfeited with shopping. 我厭煩了購(gòu)物。 ■[no obj.](archaic)consume too much of something (古)過(guò)分吃喝 he never surfeited on rich wine. 他從沒(méi)有過(guò)量地飲過(guò)濃酒。
語(yǔ)源
Middle English: from Old French surfeit, based on Latin super- 'above, in excess' + facere 'do'