单词 | outward-bounder |
释义 | outward-boundern. colloquial. 1. An outward-bound vessel. Now historical. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > [noun] > outward- or homeward-bound vessel homeward-bounder1837 outward-bounder1851 homeward-bound1852 1851 H. Melville Moby-Dick liii. 265 The long absent ship, the outward-bounder, perhaps, has letters on board. 1884 W. C. Russell Jack's Courtship xix An outward-bounder she was from the vane above the truck [etc.]. 1888 Daily News 27 June 5/5 Outward-bounders to the Colonies, East Indies, China, Japan, and the Java Seas never go within three hundred miles of Cape L'Agulhas. 1921 S. E. Morison Maritime Hist. Massachusetts 54 These were leisurely days in seafaring, when a homeward-bound vessel would stand by for hours while the crew of an outward-bounder wrote letters home. 1927 Mariner's Mirror 13 188/1 They had met no outward bounder. 2010 J. Stockwin Victory vi. 146 By degrees the excitement of the outward-bounder spread about the ship. 2. Frequently in form Outward Bounder. A person attending an Outward Bound school, course, etc., or advocating the methods of such schools; (in extended use) a person enjoying or practised in outdoor pursuits. ΘΚΠ society > education > [noun] > systematic education > systems of > advocates of Philanthropinist1842 examinationist1856 modernist1856 Pestalozzian1859 secularist1872 Froebelian1873 modernizer1889 universitarianism1889 Arnoldian1904 anthroposophist1916 co-educator1920 progressive1930 Montessorian1934 outward-bounder1961 society > education > learning > learner > one attending school > [noun] > pupils of other types of school softa1603 gymnasiast1828 Philanthropinist1842 public school boy1844 minder1864 lycéen1883 polytechnician1904 comprehensive1947 outward-bounder1961 1961 Sunday Times 19 Feb. 34/2 Knowing how to tie reef-knots,..with all the other indispensable appurtenances of the Outward Bounder. 1987 Toronto Star (Nexis) 1 Aug. g14 Outward Bounders are assigned in groups of nine participants with two instructors per group. 1993 USA Today (Nexis) 6 July 4 d I am experiencing the same panic an Outward Bounder feels when left on a mountain top with nothing but a raisin and two feet of rope. 2001 People (Nexis) 27 May 14 Nick and JJ might have been a right pair of big-headed outward bounders. But at least they were able to live off the land. The rest of them look as if they won't last another week if they don't find a handy supermarket. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1851 |
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