Food is overdone when it has been cooked too much. A steak that is overdone is past the point you wanted: dry, grey, and hard to chew. Vegetables that are overdone are soft and tired.

Food食物 is overdone煮過頭了 when it has been cooked too much是因為煮得太久。 A steak that is overdone煮過頭的牛排 is past the point you wanted已經超過你想要的程度: dry, grey, and hard to chew又乾、又灰、又難咬。 Vegetables that are overdone煮過頭的蔬菜 are soft and tired會又軟又沒精神。

This is everyday kitchen English. You say the meat is overdone, or the cabbage is overdone. Overdone is an adjective here; the verb is overdo.

This is everyday kitchen English這是日常廚房裡的英文。 You say你會說 the meat is overdone the meat is overdone（肉煮過頭了）, or the cabbage is overdone或 the cabbage is overdone（高麗菜煮過頭了）。 Overdone is an adjective here這裡的 overdone 是形容詞; the verb is overdo動詞是 overdo。

Though actually, people also stretch overdone when something else has been pushed too far — a speech, a joke, the makeup — but that is the same idea, 'too much,' moved out of the kitchen. In cooking talk, overdone is not a compliment, and it is not the same as asking for meat well-done on purpose.

Though actually不過實際上, people also stretch overdone when something else has been pushed too far當別的東西被做得太過頭時，人們也會把 overdone 延伸過去用 — a speech一場演講, a joke一個笑話, the makeup化妝 — but that is the same idea, 'too much,' moved out of the kitchen但那是同一個「太過頭」的概念，只是離開了廚房。 In cooking talk在講煮菜的時候, overdone is not a compliment overdone 不是稱讚, and it is not the same as asking for meat well-done on purpose它也跟故意要求牛排煮到全熟不一樣。