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单词 out-talk
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out-talkv.

Brit. /ˌaʊtˈtɔːk/, U.S. /ˌaʊtˈtɔk/, /ˌaʊtˈtɑk/
Forms: see out- prefix and talk v.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: out- prefix, talk v.
Etymology: < out- prefix + talk v.
transitive. To talk more or more cleverly than; to defeat (in argument, etc.) by talking.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > speech > speak, say, or utter [verb (transitive)] > excel or outdo in speaking
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1614 J. Cooke Greenes Tu Quoque l. 1947 Come talke, and Ile talke with you, Ile try the ninble [sic] footmanship of your tongue; And if you can out-talke mee, yours be the victorie.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Taming of Shrew (1623) i. ii. 248 What, this Gentleman will out-talke vs all. View more context for this quotation
a1687 W. Petty Polit. Anat. Ireland (1691) 93 The Priests..can often out-talk in Latin those who Dispute with them.
1712 E. Ward Fortune's Bounty in Misc. Writings III. 230 My Jangling Gillian Will still out-talk me by a Million, And for one Word I speak, she musters Whole troops, and pelts my Ears by clusters.
1773 Ann. Reg. 1772 7 A prince, who..has out-talked the most rigid republicans in his discourses upon liberty.
1839 J. H. Frere Frogs 7 But have not you other young ingenious youths That are fit to outtalk Euripides ten times over?
1885 M. Arnold Last Word in Poems 71 They out-talk'd thee, hiss'd thee, tore thee? Better men fared thus before thee.
1901 J. O. Hobbes Wisdom of Wise II. 97 Out-talk us, out-vote us, shout us down, but we are the army of sober men to come.
2000 J. Harris Blackberry Wine (2001) xlvi. 237 The girls were nothing special. He had outrun, outtalked and outbluffed them before, and there were only three of them.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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