- 1落水、掉入海中（如 man overboard）；go overboard 常用來指做得太過火、過度。
Falling or jumping off a boat into the water - "man overboard!" is the classic warning shout when someone falls in. Much more commonly today, "go overboard" is used as an idiom meaning to do way too much of something, more than is reasonable or necessary - going overboard with decorations, going overboard on spending.
From the word’s history
From Middle English overbord; over- + board.
源自中古英文 overbord，由 over 加 board 組成。
組成Over + board (the side of a ship) - literally, going over the side of the boat.
原始詞典資料5 筆記錄
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overboardadj/ˈəʊvə(ɹ)ˌbɔː(ɹ)d/
- 1
nauticaltransportOutside of a boat; in the water.
overboardadv/ˈəʊvə(ɹ)ˌbɔː(ɹ)d/
- 1
Over the edge; especially, off or outside of a boat.
- It was their practice to throw the scraps overboard.
- Theon Greyjoy is the most well developed character on that stage, and the action comes down to him. Euron, with Yara underneath his ax, goads Theon into attack. But Theon is overwhelmed by the violence all around him, and instead he jumps overboard.
- 2
Excessively; too much.
- They really went overboard with the party preparations.
- In reality, brains go overboard with this sort of fear validation. They love any chance to prove a fear is valid while ignoring all the reasons it's not.
overboardverb/ˈəʊvə(ɹ)ˌbɔː(ɹ)d/
- 1
To throw over the edge of a boat into the water.
- ‘Call home that runt Edmund Bonner. He has trotted after me from Spain into France and I swear the next time we take ship I will overboard him.’
- 2
To cover (a ceiling) with plasterboard to create a new surface.
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