释义 |
ˈout-ˌplace, n. [out- 1.] An out-lying, out-of-the-way place.
1530Palsgr. 250/2 Outplace, a corner out of the way, destour. 1555Eden Decades 336 In the hyghe mountaynes or other superficiall owt places. 1690Andros Tracts II. 50 Some out-places began to Fortify and Garrison their houses. 1838F. Owen Diary 8 Jan. (1926) 94 Most of the inhabitants were absent at the out places or villages. 1911Chambers's Jrnl. Apr. 221/1 It is this longing..that sends the sportsman into the out-places. 1956W. R. Bird Off-trail in Nova Scotia vi. 176 But that reminds me of my scrap book. You know we in these out places keep such things. |