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单词 outspin
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outspinv.

Brit. /ˌaʊtˈspɪn/, U.S. /ˌaʊtˈspɪn/
Inflections: Past tense outspan, outspun; past participle outspun;
Forms: see out- prefix and spin v.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: out- prefix, spin v.
Etymology: < out- prefix + spin v. Compare to spin out (see spin v.).
1. intransitive. Of blood: to gush out. Obsolete.
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the world > matter > liquid > liquid which has been emitted > action or process of emitting copiously > be emitted [verb (intransitive)] > suddenly or forcibly
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gush?a1400
spinc1400
shoot1488
spurge1488
outgush1558
belch1581
sprouta1595
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > go or come out [verb (intransitive)] > violently > in a jet
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spinc1400
spout?a1513
spout1561
spurt1570
spirt1582
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jet1692
splirt1791
squizzle1856
squirt1858
c1330 (?a1300) Guy of Warwick (Auch.) p. 426 Wiþ a roke he brac his heued þan, Þat þe blod biforn out span In þat ich place.
c1425 (c1400) Laud Troy-bk. 8942 Depe in-to his fflesch it ran, That the blod fast out span.
1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene iv. ix. sig. I3v That through the clifts the vermeil bloud out sponne . View more context for this quotation
2. transitive. To spin out (a thread, etc.), esp. to its full length. Frequently figurative. Now rare.Often with reference to the classical image of life as a thread.
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the world > life > source or principle of life > [verb (transitive)] > spin thread of life to full length
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1603 H. Holland Pancharis i. l. 505 From that disastrous and midnight of day Wherin his clewe of life was cleane out spunne.
1614 A. Gorges tr. Lucan Pharsalia ii. 70 Nay rather into hazards runne, Vntill thy lifes twist be out-spunne.
1616 B. Jonson Epigrammes xlii, in Wks. I. 779 Giles wisheth..that his long yearn'd life Were quite out-spun.
1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 127 Till hee had out-spun the yeares of old Methusala.
1799 M. McMorine Poems 261 Though love of life in most prevail, All would the slender thread outspin.
1844 J. G. Whittier Texas 13 Patience..with her weary thread outspun Murmurs that her work is done.
1875 R. D. Blackmore Alice Lorraine vii. 19 When one's time comes to be certain..of the buoyant balance turning, and the slender span outspun, tender thinkings, and kind wishes, come to the good side of us.
1882 P. H. Hayne To Longfellow in Later Poems of Imagination, Sentiment & Descr. 308 Surely thy web of life is not outspun, Thy glory rounded, thy last guerdon won!
3. transitive. To surpass in spinning (in various senses of the verb).
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture of thread or yarn > [verb (transitive)] > spin > excel in spinning
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1742 E. Young Complaint: Night the First 17 On this perhaps..we build Our mountain Hopes, spin out eternal schemes, As we the Fatal Sisters cou'd out-spin.
1840 F. M. Trollope Life & Adventures Michael Armstrong xix. 202 A system..by which the low-priced agony of labourine infants is made to..enable the giant engines of our factories to out-spin all the world!
1878 Harper's Mag. Sept. 578/1 She could outspin any other woman in the town, having once, in a contest of wheels, spun seven run of yarn between sunrise and sunset.
1921 J. K. Mumford (title) Outspinning the spider.
1995 Guardian 12 Dec. i. 2/1 The Labour people are terrified because they, the Tory spin doctors, are doing such a magnificent job at out-spinning them.
2001 India Today (Nexis) 26 Feb. 65 Australia likes the variety of a leg-spinner and an off-spinner and with Anil Kumble sidelined, be sure India will not outspin Australia.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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