单词 | outbeam |
释义 | outbeamv. 1. intransitive. To shine outwards. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > shine [verb (intransitive)] > shine forth or spread blush?a1400 umbeshinec1400 reluyse1474 foreshine1571 elamp1610 glory1651 outshinea1747 outbeam1797 1797 S. T. Coleridge in J. Cottle Early Recoll. (1837) I. 252 In every motion, her most innocent soul outbeams so brightly, that [etc.]. 1853 D. F. MacCarthy Love after Death ii. ii. 63 Scarcely on my heart and lips Hope's bright sun outbeams again. 1893 G. MacDonald Pinafore in Poet. Wks. 250 Outbeams a brow of heavenly wile, Clear as a morning after rain, And sunny with a perfect smile. 2. transitive. To outshine. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > shine [verb (transitive)] > emit rays > emit more rays than outbeam1839 1839 P. J. Bailey Festus 21 In..brightness like yon moon Mildly outbeaming all the beads of light. 1858 T. H. Gill Anniversaries 17 Earth may have brought her best, But canst Thou not outbeam her smile most bright? 1908 R. W. Gilder Poems ii. 217 What this blossom, fragrant, tender, That outbeams the rose's splendor. 1997 Guardian (Nexis) 17 May 11 It is one of the hottest days of the year so far but Matt Dawson can outbeam even the sun. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1797 |
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