English Dictionary

overfire

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈəʊvəfaɪə/

動詞

他動詞

(transitive) To create too large a fire in a fireplace, furnace, firebox, etc. / (transitive, ceramics) To fire at a high (or excessively high) temperature.

日本語の意味

暖炉や炉、火箱などで火を過度に大きくする、または高温（または過剰高温）で焼成する行為。 / 陶芸においては、器や部品を非常に高温または過剰な高温で焼くことを意味する。

The inexperienced caretaker would often overfire the furnace, causing the firebox to warp and the chimney to fill with smoke.

経験の浅い管理人はしばしば炉に火を焚きすぎて火室が歪み、煙突に煙が充満してしまった。

意味（1）

(transitive) To create too large a fire in a fireplace, furnace, firebox, etc.

I found that the Chapelon steamed almost too freely, because on a strange locomotive and road one usually tends to overfire a little through a natural lack of confidence.

意味（2）

(transitive, ceramics) To fire at a high (or excessively high) temperature.

BUBBLES IN GLAZE may be caused by too heavy an application, or by severe underfiring or overfiring. … LOSS OF COLOR IN CHINA PAINTING is a result of overfiring or mixing too much medium with the paint. Be careful not to overfire china colors, and if a light shade of a dark color is needed, apply the color very lightly rather than thinning too much.

意味（3）

(transitive, physiology) Of a cell or group of cells: to fire excessively.

Geoffery Schultz, a student of [Ronald] Melzack, has recently conducted a study showing that visual hallucinations need not be caused by psychopathology but may result from the disruption of sensory input among patients suffering eye damage. The neuromatrix, in Melzack's theory, overfires its output messages in the absence of stimulation from external sources (or temping feedback), and creates images – often fantastic or exaggerated – that may be experienced as real.

overfires （ present singular third-person ）

overfiring （ participle present ）

overfired （ participle past ）

overfired （ past ）