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be overblown
这个用法表示花朵盛开期已过，不是‘夸大’义。
The roses are already overblown and losing their petals.
这些玫瑰花已经开败了，正在掉花瓣。
盛开过的
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盛开过的
past the stage of full bloom
The roses are already overblown and losing their petals.
这些玫瑰花已经开败了，正在掉花瓣。
被夸大的；过分强调的；过度宣传的。
Of exaggerated importance; too heavily emphasized, hyped, etc.
By late spring, the magnolia blossoms are overblown and beginning to drop.
暮春时节，玉兰花已经开过了，开始凋落。
The vase was full of overblown peonies, so I replaced them with fresh buds.
花瓶里插满了开过了的牡丹，于是我用新鲜的花苞换掉了它们。
Those lilies look overblown; they will not last another day.
那些百合看起来已经开过了，撑不过一天了。
这个用法表示花朵盛开期已过，不是‘夸大’义。
The roses are already overblown and losing their petals.
这些玫瑰花已经开败了，正在掉花瓣。
用作定语，常修饰 claim、fear、rhetoric 等词，表示‘言过其实的’。
The report contains overblown claims about the risks.
这份报告中含有关于风险的夸大其词的说法。
find + 宾语 + overblown，表示‘认为……过于夸张’，在评论中很常见。
Many critics found the ending overblown.
许多影评人认为这个结局过于浮夸。
Not this
The flowers have overblown, so we should cut them down.
Use this
The flowers are overblown, so we should cut them down.
overblown 在此意为“盛开过的”，是形容词，应使用 be + overblown 表示状态，而不能像动词一样用完成时 have overblown。
Not this
The overgrown roses are starting to wilt.
Use this
The overblown roses are starting to wilt.
overgrown 意为“杂草丛生的”或“长得过大的”，而 overblown 才表示“花期已过的、盛开过的”。此处想表达玫瑰已过盛开期，应用 overblown。
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夸大其词的说法
The advertisement made overblown claims about the product's effectiveness.
这则广告对该产品的功效作出了夸大其词的说法。
浮夸的言辞
His speech was full of overblown rhetoric but little substance.
他的演讲充满浮夸的言辞，但没什么实质内容。
过高的期望
The movie failed to meet the audience's overblown expectations.
这部电影未能满足观众过高的期望。
过分的担忧
The article tried to calm overblown fears about the new technology.
这篇文章试图平息人们对新科技过分的担忧。
开败的玫瑰
The garden was full of overblown roses past their prime.
花园里满是过了盛开期的玫瑰。
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把overblown拆成over(过头)+blown(吹)：花被风吹过了头，盛开期已过。
语域：formal 常见场景：文学作品、植物观察 该义项多用于书面或文学语境，描写花朵已过盛花期；日常口语中较少用，比较常见于正式描述。
blown、known、own、stone 与 overblown 的重读部分 /əʊn/ 押韵；down、brown 虽也以 -own 结尾，但读作 /aʊn/，并不押韵。
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