usu. in sing.
1- an excessive amount of something过量:
a surfeit of food and drink.
过量的食物和饮料。
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- archaic an illness caused or regarded as being caused by excessive eating or drinking〈古〉饮食过度, 暴饮暴食:
he died of a surfeit.
他死于饮食过度。
(surfeited, surfeiting)with obj.(常作be surfeited with)
1- cause (someone) to desire no more of something as a result of having consumed or done it to excess使厌腻:
I am surfeited with shopping.
我厌烦了购物。
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- no obj. archaic consume too much of something〈古〉饮食过度, 暴饮暴食:
he never surfeited on rich wine.
他从没有过量地饮过浓酒。
词源
Middle English: from Old French surfeit, based on Latin super- 'above, in excess' + facere 'do'.