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单词 outshifts
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outshiftsn.

Forms: 1500s outshiftes, 1500s (1800s English regional) outshifts.
Origin: Apparently formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: out- prefix, shift n.
Etymology: Apparently < out- prefix + the plural of shift n., though the reason for the application is not clear.
Obsolete (English regional in later use).
In plural. The outskirts of a town.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > town as opposed to country > town or city > part of town or city > [noun] > suburb > collectively
suburbc1350
suburbans?c1400
suburblec1540
outshifts1592
skirts1616
environsc1660
outpart1722
outlets1762
suburbia1870
'burb1977
1592 T. Nashe Pierce Penilesse (Brit. Libr. copy) sig. G2 v In backe lanes, and the out-shiftes of the Citie.
1594 T. Nashe Terrors of Night E j b Not in the heart of the Cittie..but in the skirts and out-shifts.
a1825 R. Forby Vocab. E. Anglia (1830) (at cited word) He lives somewhere in the outshifts of the town.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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