English Dictionary

overstuffed

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈəʊvəstʌft/

形容詞

Filled beyond capacity. / Of a piece of upholstered furniture, such as a chair or sofa: Covered completely and deeply with upholstery or overstuffing.

日本語の意味

必要以上に充填されている、詰め込みすぎた / 家具（椅子やソファなど）が、表面全体に深くかつ十分な詰め物が施されている状態

She sank into the overstuffed armchair and sighed with relief.

彼女は詰め込みすぎでパンパンの肘掛け椅子に身を沈め、ほっとため息をついた。

意味（1）

Filled beyond capacity.

[…] Mr. [John Walking] Stewart used to observe, that the deplorable effect of too much book learning is to deprive man of self-examination, through an over-stuffed memory, which prevents the exercise of the faculties of imagination, judgment, and reflection, and to make conscience depend on the will of others, and not on self-knowledge; […]

意味（2）

Of a piece of upholstered furniture, such as a chair or sofa: Covered completely and deeply with upholstery or overstuffing.

We furnished our first nest with castoffs. Friends alerted us to an overstuffed chair that someone on the far side of the ballpark was, outrageously, throwing out. No three dishes matched. We owned one big-ticket item: a clock radio. Every morning, we woke to the broadcast calls of birds.

more overstuffed （ comparative ）

most overstuffed （ superlative ）