名複: outs
out
KK:[aʊt] DJ:[aut]
ad.
- 出外；在外；向外Let's go out for a walk.
我們出去散散步吧。
- 在外；不在家（辦公室）；在室外All yesterday he was out.
昨天他整天在外。
- 離岸；離開城市；離開國家
- （發）出；（借）出；（挑）出；（突）出
- 出現；問世；顯露His secret got out.
他的祕密洩漏了。
- 出聲地；大聲地The bells rang out.
鐘聲響起。
- 完全；徹底
- 去掉The dirty marks will wash out.
汙漬可以洗去。
- （用）完；熄滅；（機器）停轉He blew out the candle.
他把蠟燭吹滅了。
- 無知覺，昏迷The little girl passed out at the sight of the snake.
小女孩一看到那條蛇就昏過去了。
- 在野；不在臺上
- 不流行，不時髦
- 完全不可能
- 出局；出界
a.[B]
- 外的；外側的；向外的She lives in the out room.
她住在外側那間房間。
- 離開中心的，偏僻的
- 【口】（尺寸等）特大的
- 在野的；下臺的He is a member of the out party.
他是在野黨的一員。
prep.
- 【口】通過……而出He jumped out the window.
他從窗口跳了出去。
- 沿著……而去I saw him drive out the driveway.
我看到他從車道開出去。
n.
- 在野黨（人）[P1]That's a matter of outs versus ins.
那是在野黨人與執政黨人的對抗。
- 藉口，託辭
- （棒球等）出局
vt.
- 揭露（某人）為同性戀者
片語
out and about
- 能夠外出走動的He is out and about now after two weeks in hospital.
在醫院住了兩個禮拜後，現在他能外出走動了。
out and away
- 顯然He's out and away the stupidest man I know.
我認識的人當中顯然數他最蠢。
out and out
- 徹頭徹尾地He is evil out and out.
他邪惡無比。
out for
- 力圖要Don't trust him -- he's only out for your money.
別相信他，他只是在圖你的錢。
out to
- 試圖Be careful: he's out to get you.
小心，他想抓你。
辨析
同義:
prep.通過
through across overad.不在
absent abroad away elsewhere gone not heren.藉口，避風港
excuse alibi pretext evasion escape loophole shelter harbourn.在野黨，遺棄物，被拋棄的人
unperson non-person outcast pariahad.在外
outside out of doors without beyondad.處於過時（到期，荒疏）狀態，不合時宜地
passe antiquated disused obsolete archaic antique ancient primitive antediluvian timeworn bygone unfashionable finished outmoded old-fashioned out-of-datead.顯現出來，明顯地，公開地
revealed disclosed unfolded obviously overtly manifestly broadcast exposedad.徹底地
thoroughly completely entirely effectively反義:
a.「外的，外側的；（棒球）出局的」的反義字
in safe同義參見:
off extraction outward outer off以上來源於：《英漢大辭典》
adv.
- moving away from a place, especially from one that is enclosed to one that is open. ▸outdoors.▸no longer in prison.
- situated far or at a particular distance from somewhere:a farm out in the middle of nowhere.▸to sea, away from the land.▸(of the tide) falling or at its lowest level.▸at a specified distance away from the goal or a finishing line.
- in a public place for pleasure or entertainment.
- so as to be revealed, heard, or known.
- at or to an end. ▸so as to be finished.
- (of a light or fire) so as to be extinguished or no longer burning.
prep.
non-standard contraction of out of.adj.
- not at home or one's place of work.
- made public; revealed. ▸published.▸informal in existence or use.▸open about one's homosexuality.
- no longer existing. ▸no longer in fashion.
- not possible or worth considering.
- unconscious.
- mistaken:he was slightly out in his calculations.
- (of the ball in tennis, squash, etc.) outside the playing area.
- Cricket & Baseball no longer batting.
- (of a flower) open.
n.
- informal a way of escaping from a difficult situation.
- Baseball an act of putting a player out.
v.
- informal reveal the homosexuality of.
- knock out.
- dated expel or dismiss.
Phrase
- at outs
(N. Amer. on the outs)
in dispute. - out and about
engaging in normal activity after an illness. - out for
intent on having. - out of
- from (a place or source).
- not having (something).
- out of it
informal- not included.
- unaware of what is happening. ▸Brit. drunk.
- out to do something
keenly striving to do something. - out with it
say what you are thinking.
Usage
The use of out rather than out of as a preposition, as in he threw it out the window, is common in informal contexts, but is not widely accepted in standard British English.
Etymology
OE ūt (adv.), ūtian (v.), of Gmc origin.
以上來源於：《簡明牛津英語詞典》
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