单词 | in and out |
释义 | in and outadv.n. (Cf. also ins and outs at in n.2 1.) A. adv. 1. Alternately in and out; now in, now out. a. Of motion. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in specific manner > alternating or reciprocating motion > to and fro [phrase] > in and out out and inOE in and out?1504 a1240 Sawles Warde in Cott. Hom. 247 Þe warliche loki hwam ha leote in ant ut.] ?1504 S. Hawes Example of Vertu sig. ee.iiiiv I was in a mase goynge in and oute. a1642 J. Suckling Poems 38 in Fragmenta Aurea (1646) Her feet beneath her Petticoat, Like little mice stole in and out. 1703 W. Dampier Voy. New Holland i. 19 This Rope serveth to hale the Boat in and out. 1897 H. Caine Christian i. xi. 49 Little knowing curls that went in and out on her temples. b. Of position, condition, season, etc. ΚΠ 1641 Naunton's Fragmenta Regalia sig. E4 Their affections, had beene more permanent, and not so in, and out, as they were, like an Instrument well tuned. 1687 R. L'Estrange Answer to Let. to Dissenter 22 'Tis not with Sermons, as 'tis with Mackrel, to be In, and Out. 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 72. ¶7 The Fire..has seen the Glass-house Fires in and out above an Hundred Times. 1856 C. Dickens Little Dorrit (1857) i. xxix. 251 He was much in and out. ΚΠ c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) lv. 187 When he had well proued him [a horse] and turned hym in and out. 1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes f. 234v Cesar permitted hym to turne the tale in and out, and laie the wyte or blame on hymselfe. 1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Luke 138 a Soodainly turned in and out clene arsie versie. 1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Luke 151 a O the course of thinges meruailously turned in and out. 3. Both in and out; inside and outside. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > completeness > completely [phrase] > thoroughly > from beginning to end or through and through to the boneOE through and throughc1225 out and outc1300 from top to tail1303 out and inc1390 (from) head to heel (also heels)c1400 (from) head to foot (also feet)c1425 from top to (into, unto) toec1425 to the skin1526 to one's (also the) finger (also fingers') ends1530 from first to last1536 up and down1542 whole out1562 to the pith1587 to the back1594 from A to (also until) Z1612 from clew to earing1627 from top to bottom1666 back and edge1673 all hollow1762 (all) to pieces1788 from A to Za1821 to one's (also the) fingertips1825 to one's fingernails1851 from tip to toe1853 down to the ground1859 to the backbone1864 right the way1867 pur sang1893 from the ground up1895 in and out1895 from soda (card) to hock1902 1895 How to get Married 113 A widow knows him [a man] in and out. 4. attributive (quasi-adj.) in various senses; spec. in-and-out bolts (see quot. 1850); in-and-out boy, in and out man, someone in and out of prison; a burglar; in-and-out class, those paupers who are now in and now out of the workhouse; in-and-out cottage, a cottage of irregular plan; in and out family, formerly, a family constantly entering and leaving a workhouse; in-and-out running, alternate winning and losing of races (so in-and-out football); in and out work, work which is not continuous; also, irregular or unlawful practice. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > shipbuilding and repairing > [noun] > shipbuilding > nails, rivets bolts rove and clench1336 scupper-nail1485 wrakling1494 ribbing-nail1703 filling-nail1784 Blake's screw1840 in-and-out bolts1841 scarp-bolt1867 pan head1869 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > [noun] > alternate winning and losing in-and-out running1885 society > morality > moral evil > lack of principle or integrity > [noun] > dishonesty > action brokery1602 trinketing1646 adultery1753 traffickery1838 hanky-panky1841 grafting1859 shystering1860 graft1865 skulduggery1867 sharp practice1869 in and out work1888 by-practice1913 grift1914 dirty pool1973 the mind > possession > poverty > [noun] > poor person > poor person in receipt of relief > in an institution > occasionally casual poor1593 casual1865 ins and outs1884 in-and-out class1897 in and out family1904 society > occupation and work > work > [noun] > temporary or casual work notec1350 jobbery1832 catchwork1856 grass1888 in and out work1903 gig work2004 gig2015 society > authority > punishment > imprisonment > prisoner > [noun] > one who has been long or often in jail Newgate bird1580 bridewell bird1590 jail-bird1603 prison-birda1640 old hand1826 repeater1873 old lag1910 loser1912 in-and-out boy1937 the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > burglar > [noun] housebreakera1400 burglary1533 burglar1541 burglarer1598 mill1607 mill-ken1667 hoister1708 crack1749 cracksman1819 screwsman1819 screwer1831 crib-cracker1879 cracker1886 key worker1895 houseman1904 home invader1907 in and out man1961 1640 Bp. J. Hall Episcopacie ii. xvii. 182 What Ordination to that their In-and-out Office; have these succeeding and Momentary Presidents? 1824 M. R. Mitford Our Village I. 289 Ah! the in-and-out cottage! the dear, dear home! 1841 R. H. Dana Seaman's Man. 111 In-and-out, a term sometimes used for the scantline of the timbers, the moulding way, and particularly for those bolts that are driven into the hanging and lodging knees, through the sides, which are called in-and-out bolts. 1850 J. Greenwood Sailor's Sea-bk. 126 In and out,..applied to those bolts in the knees, riders, &c., which are driven through the ship's sides, or athwartships, and therefore called ‘In and out bolts’. 1855 ‘G. Eliot’ in Fraser's Mag. June 699/2 Heavy-looking in-and-out corridors, such as one found only in German inns. 1885 Referee 26 Apr. 1/2 Now and again in-and-out running on the part of a horse subjects his owner to considerable annoyance. 1888 Times 26 June 4/5 Have you heard of what is called in-and-out running? 1888 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Robbery under Arms III. xviii. 277 I began to hear that there was a deal of in-and-out sort of work about my getting my freedom. 1897 Westm. Gaz. 31 July 2/3 Children of habitual tramps and of the ‘in and out’ classes. 1903 Westm. Gaz. 29 Sept. 10/1 His engagements are only for particular plays—‘in and out’ work. 1904 Daily Chron. 14 June 9/1 One notable ‘In and Out’ family entered and discharged itself sixty-two times from a London workhouse in one year. 1906 E. Dyson Fact'ry 'Ands viii. 97 It was in 'n' out sorter work. 1910 E. M. Forster Howards End v. 38 Oh, heavens! I've knocked the In and Out card down. 1936 H. G. Wells Anat. Frustration xv. 178 That does not close the Jewish problem for you. It merely brings you back to the fundamental age-long problem of this nation among the nations, this in-and-out mentality, the essential parasitism of the Jewish mycelium upon the social and cultural organisms in which it lives. 1937 C. Prior So I wrote It xvi. 191 Among the boys I knew, very few had either the courage or skill to tackle ‘live gaffs’ by night. Most of them were in-and-out boys. They did their eighteen months in Wandsworth or Pentonville, had a run of a month or so and went back to do a twenty-one or even a lagging. 1939 H. Hodge Cab, Sir? 221 An ‘in and out job’ is a passenger who comes back to his starting point. 1959 Times 31 Dec. 11/3 The discovery was announced in 1925 and met with a very in-and-out reception. 1960 Encounter Mar. 77/1 The In-and-Out Game is played... ‘Everyone’ knows that Hemingway is not so In as Faulkner. 1961 E. Partridge Dict. Slang (ed. 5) II. 1143/2 In-and-out man, an opportunist thief. 1961 Times 14 Apr. 5/4 Two clubs who have had an in-and-out season meet at Old Deer Park. 1970 Guardian 12 Sept. 11/2 Israeli casualties were..high... The alternative..would be a quick ‘in and out’ operation. 1972 Times 15 Dec. 14/3 ‘In and out’ records through lapsing..are not uncommon. B. n. The ‘In’ and ‘Out’, the name of the Naval and Military Club in London. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > inversion > inverted [phrase] > inside out inside outwards1681 outside in1681 The ‘In’ and ‘Out1925 society > society and the community > social relations > an association, society, or organization > specific societies or organizations > [noun] > specific clubs Hell Fire Club1721 mug-house1827 rag1858 The ‘In’ and ‘Out1925 1925 E. Fraser & J. Gibbons Soldier & Sailor Words 127 The In and Out, the Naval and Military Club, 94, Piccadilly. So called familiarly from the words ‘In’ and ‘Out’, painted on the pillars of the approach to the courtyard in front. 1967 Guardian 21 Feb. 3/6 Two London clubs, the 105-year-old Naval and Military, better known as the ‘In and Out’, and the 92-year-old Devonshire, may merge. Derivatives in-and-outishness n. Apparently an isolated use. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > misshapenness > [noun] > irregularity of shape irregularity1646 in and-outness1824 in-and-outishness1833 ramblingness1835 in and-outism1836 scrawliness1867 1833 T. Hook Widow & Marquess viii The in-and-outishness of the Quebec. in and-outism n. Apparently an isolated use. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > misshapenness > [noun] > irregularity of shape irregularity1646 in and-outness1824 in-and-outishness1833 ramblingness1835 in and-outism1836 scrawliness1867 1836 T. Hook Gilbert Gurney III. iii. 135 Her figure..was..full of those in-and-out-isms which constitute in my mind true symmetry. in and-outness n. irregularity of form or outline.Apparently an isolated use. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > misshapenness > [noun] > irregularity of shape irregularity1646 in and-outness1824 in-and-outishness1833 ramblingness1835 in and-outism1836 scrawliness1867 1824 M. R. Mitford Our Village (1863) I. 5 A cottage..all angles, and of a charming in-and-outness. in-and-outer n. one who is only moderately skilled or is erratic in performance; one who holds office intermittently. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > inconstancy > [noun] > inconstant person or thing > inconstant person starter1519 changeling1539 flirt1577 Protean1598 weathercock1598 changerc1600 mooncalf1607 minute jacka1616 a nose of wax1821 sugar stick1825 wax-nosea1843 in-and-outer1905 brainstormer1907 1905 Outing Feb. 572/2 Whippets run in more consistent form than horses, and there are few ‘in-and-outers’. 1934 E. B. Marks They All Sang 210 He was an in-and-outer..and this was one of his ‘out’ periods. 1952 Assoc. Press 8 Oct. Reynolds has 30 knockouts among his 52 victories but he has been an in-and-outer. 1960 Farmer & Stockbreeder 29 Mar. 53/3 There are a great many ‘in-and-outers’ who know mighty little of the art of breeding. 1967 Economist 5 Aug. 496/1 The British unfamiliarity with the American concept of ‘ins and outers’—men who alternate between private careers and public service. 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