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- overblown (adj.)[overblown 词源字典]
- late 15c., "blown over, passed away," past participle adjective from verb overblow "to blow over the top of," of a storm, "to abate, pass on" (late 14c.), from over- + blow (v.1). Meaning "inflated, puffed up" (with vanity, etc.) is from 1864.[overblown etymology, overblown origin, 英语词源]