English-Thai Dictionary

overburden

VT แบก หนัก เกินไป  บรรทุก หนัก เกินไป  overcharge beak-nak-koen-pai

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

OVERBURDEN

v.t.To load with too great weight.

 

OVERBURDENED

pp. Overloaded.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

OVERBURDEN

OVERBURDEN O `ver *bur "den, v. t.

 

Defn: To load with too great weight or too much care, etc. Sir P. Sidney.

 

OVERBURDEN

OVERBURDEN O "ver *bur `den, n.

 

Defn: The waste which overlies good stone in a quarry. Raymond.

 

OVERBURDENSOME

OVERBURDENSOME O "ver *bur "den *some, a.

 

Defn: Too burdensome.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

overburden

o ver bur den ▶verb |ˌōvərˈbərdn ˈˌoʊvərˈˌbərdn | [ with obj. ] load (someone ) with too many things to carry: they were overburdened with luggage. • give (someone ) more work or pressure than they can deal with: the courts became overburdened with large numbers of relatively trivial offenses | (as adj. overburdened ) : overburdened teachers. ▶noun |ˈōvərˌbərdn ˈəʊvəˌbɜːdn |rock or soil overlying a mineral deposit, archaeological site, or other underground feature. • an excessive burden: an overburden of costs. DERIVATIVES o ver bur den some |-səm |adjective

 

Oxford Dictionary

overburden

over |bur ¦den ▶verb |əʊvəˈbəːd (ə )n | [ with obj. ] load (someone ) with too many things to carry. • give (someone ) more work or pressure than they can deal with: ministers are overburdened with engagements. ▶noun |ˈəʊvəbəːd (ə )n | 1 [ mass noun ] rock or soil overlying a mineral deposit, archaeological site, or other underground feature. 2 an excessive burden: an overburden of costs. DERIVATIVES overburdensome |əʊvəˈbəːd (ə )ns (ə )m |adjective

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

overburden

ò ver b ú rden 動詞 他動詞 〖通例be ～ed 〗【負担などを 】負いすぎる «with » .