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单词 outstrip
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outstripv.1

Brit. /ˌaʊtˈstrɪp/, U.S. /ˌaʊtˈstrɪp/
Forms: see out- prefix and strip v.2
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: out- prefix, strip v.2
Etymology: < out- prefix + strip v.2
1. transitive. To run or move faster than; to move ahead of; to leave behind.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > rate of motion > move at specific rate [verb (transitive)] > gain (ground) upon > catch up or overtake > outstrip
to leave behinda1393
overgoc1425
preventa1500
outgo1530
out-trot1555
outstrip1567
stripa1592
outpacea1596
out-swift1606
to have (also get) the speed ofa1616
outstretcha1642
to give (a person or thing) the go-by1642
to gain bounds of1653
outrace1657
outspeed1661
to cast behind1681
distance1691
belag1721
repass1728
outfoot1740
outdistance1789
fore-reach1803
to have the foot of1832
to run away1843
slip1856
short-head1863
tine1871
forespeed1872
outrate1873
1567 A. Golding tr. Ovid Metamorphosis (new ed.) x. f. 134 And least that I in telling of my tale may longer bee, Than they in ronning of their race, outstripped quight was shee.
1580 J. Lyly Euphues & his Eng. (new ed.) f. 102 When I runne as Hippomanes did with Atlanta, who was last in the course, but first at the crowne: So that I gesse that woemen are either easie to be out stripped [1582 tripped], or willing.
1639 I.S. Clidimas 15 They labouring with saile and oare, so farre outstripped us that it was impossible for us to overtake them.
1684 A. Behn Love-lett. between Noble-man & Sister 320 I..heard the trampling of a horse, and..I found it Foscario's, alone he was, and unattended, for he'd outstrip'd his equipage.
1717 A. Behn Land of Love 43 Our nimble Feet out-strip the Wind, Leaving all Thoughts of mortal Care behind.
1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson iii. iii. 328 Mr. Gordon..being fresh and in breath, easily outstripped the..man, and got before him to the Commodore.
1813 J. Austen Pride & Prejudice III. xvi. 270 The remaining five set off together. Bingley and Jane, however, soon allowed the others to outstrip them. View more context for this quotation
1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps ii. xxvii. 382 If a plastic substance..flow down a sloping Canal, the lateral portions..will be outstripped by the Central ones.
1911 M. Beerbohm Zuleika Dobson viii. 19 The MacQuern overtook Mr. Oover at St Mary's and outstripped him in Radcliffe Square.
1967 C. Jackson Second-hand Life (1968) ii. 171 Sometimes he was right next to her, and sometimes he outstripped her and raced far ahead.
2. transitive. figurative. To exceed (a target, achievement, etc.); to surpass, outdo.
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the world > action or operation > prosperity > advancement or progress > outdoing or surpassing > outdo or surpass [verb (transitive)]
overstyeOE
overshinec1175
overgoc1225
passc1225
surmountc1369
forpassc1374
overmatcha1375
overpassa1382
to pass overa1393
overcomec1400
outpass?a1425
exceedc1425
precedec1425
superexcelc1429
transcendc1430
precel?a1439
outcut1447
overgrowc1475
to come over ——a1479
excel1493
overleapa1500
vanquish1533
outweigh1534
prevent1540
better1548
preferc1550
outgo1553
surpassa1555
exsuperate1559
cote1566
overtop1567
outrun1575
outstrip1579
outsail1580
overruna1586
pre-excel1587
outbid1589
outbrave1589
out-cote1589
top1590
outmatch1593
outvie1594
superate1595
surbravec1600
oversile1608
over-height1611
overstride1614
outdoa1616
outlustrea1616
outpeera1616
outstrikea1616
outrival1622
antecede1624
out-top1624
antecell1625
out-pitch1627
over-merit1629
outblazea1634
surmatch1636
overdoa1640
overact1643
outact1644
worst1646
overspana1657
outsoar1674
outdazzle1691
to cut down1713
ding1724
to cut out1738
cap1821
by-pass1848
overtower1850
pretergress1851
outray1876
outreach1879
cut1884
outperform1937
outrate1955
one-up1963
the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > be great in quantity, amount, or degree [verb (transitive)] > be greater than in quantity, amount, or degree
surmountc1374
passa1387
exceedc1400
to come over ——a1479
surpassa1555
outstrip1579
top1582
outnumber1598
over-reckona1635
turn1716
overgang1737
overspring1801
rise1838
overvault1851
override1867
better1873
1579 S. Gosson Ephemerides Phialo ii. 60 Wee see in this body of ours, that one foote steppeth beyonde the other; with the hande we reache farther than we stride..; and the caste of the minde, outstrips them all.
1597 W. Shakespeare Richard III iv. i. 41 Thy Mothers name is ominous to children, If thou wilt outstrip death, go crosse the seas, And liue with Richmond. View more context for this quotation
1607 J. Norden Surueyors Dialogue i. 9 They striue one to outstrip another in giuing most.
1665 J. Bunyan Holy Citie (1669) 91 They out-stript all the Prophets that ever went before them.
1709 D. Manley Secret Mem. 21 The new Empress, who outstrips her Successors in esteem of him.
1753 S. Fielding David Simple: Vol. the Last v. i. 27 Mrs. Orgueil took..Offence at the Child, for having, although a Year younger, outstripped her Daughter in Growth.
1834 T. Pringle Afr. Sketches xi. 342 Promising ere long to rival, if not to outstrip the present capital.
1859 Brit. Q. Rev. Oct. 355 Flies, whose capacity of generation appears to outstrip even that of the termites, invade your apartments in such swarms, that they frequently put out the lights.
1972 A. Storr Dynamics of Creation v. 53 He outstripped his contemporaries academically, and came first in most subjects.
1994 Financial Rev. (Sydney) 3 Nov. 24/2 The chief economist at the world's largest mining company predicts metals prices will continue to rise in 1995 as demand outstrips supply.
3.
a. transitive. To go beyond the bounds of (something). rare.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > prosperity > advancement or progress > outdoing or surpassing > outdo or surpass [verb (transitive)] > go beyond (bounds)
transcenda1340
exceedc1374
overwenda1375
overpassa1382
passc1390
to pass beyond ——1429
outreacha1568
overlash1581
pretergress1583
outrun1589
overslipa1592
surpass1592
to step over ——1599
outstep?1611
outstrip1612
overrun1612
outpass1635
pose1636
over-burst1856
overact1858
overstride1925
1612 B. Jonson Alchemist v. v. sig. M4v If I haue out stript An old mans grauitie, or strict canon, thinke What a yong Wife, and a good Brayne may doe. View more context for this quotation
1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. iii. 123 The Riuer Simois: whose breadth all the way hath not outstripd the fields aboue two miles.
1989 G. Steiner Real Presences iii. vi. 218 Music puts our being..in touch which that which transcends the sayable, which outstrips the analysable.
b. transitive. To pass beyond (a place). Obsolete. rare.
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society > travel > [verb (transitive)] > pass by
overpassa1382
balk1481
forpass1590
overslip1600
outstrip1632
depass1886
pass1894
1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. viii. 345 Scarcely had we out-stripd Rhyneberg..a Dutch mile.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

outstripv.2

Brit. /ˌaʊtˈstrɪp/, U.S. /ˌaʊtˈstrɪp/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: out- prefix, strip v.1
Etymology: < out- prefix + strip v.1, punningly after outstrip v.1
humorous. Now rare.
transitive. To dress more revealingly or scantily than; to outdo in stripping.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > providing with clothing > undressing or removing clothing > undress or remove clothing [verb (transitive)] > strip or undress a person > surpass in
outstrip1818
1818 H. L. Piozzi Let. 26 Apr. in A. Hayward Autobiogr. Lett. & Lit. Remains Mrs. Piozzi (1861) I. 228 As you have always acknowledged the British Belles to exceed those of every other nation, you may now say with truth, that they outstrip them.
1887 Daily News 29 Dec. 5/3 ‘Yes,’ replied his cynical friend, after a glance at the young lady, ‘I admit that she out-strips them all.’
1897 W. C. Hazlitt Four Generations Lit. Family II. 155 The abridged petticoats of the ladies proceeded to an intolerable pitch; and many tried, as Byron said, to outstrip one another.
1938 H. M. Alexander Strip Tease 19 ‘Then it was competition that was responsible for the peeling.’ ‘Yeah.’ Garns laughs. ‘They tried to outstrip each other.’
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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