单词 | outstrip |
释义 | outstripv.1 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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 humorous. Now rare. transitive. To dress more revealingly or scantily than; to outdo in stripping. ΘΚΠ 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). < v.11567v.21818 |
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