单词 | outdrive |
释义 | outdriven. On a motor boat: an inboard engine, mounted towards the stern of the boat, connected to an outboard unit containing the gears, shaft, and propeller. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > propulsion machinery > [noun] > marine engine > types of steeple engine1839 launch-engine1875 kicker1928 inboard1929 outboard1935 outdrive1961 trolling motor1964 sterndrive1968 thruster1972 putter1975 1961 H. W. Bowman Outboard Boating Handbk. 63/1 The newer outdrives, i.e., inboard power plants with tilting transom-mounted outboard-style lower units, have created a flurry of interest at the boat shows. 1973 P. Heaton Motor Yachting & Boating ii. 41 Outdrives had been in use commercially for a number of years but the 1959 Volvo Penta was the first successful outdrive suitable for use in a small boat. 1985 B. Marsh Inland Navigator vi. 159 The outdrive..is a combination of inboard engine and outboard propeller unit fixed to the boat's transom like an outboard motor. 1998 Motor Boat & Yachting Jan. 46/1 With two 200hp Volvo AD41DP turbo diesel outdrives, she can reach a top speed of 35 knots. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). outdrivev. 1. transitive. To drive out, expel. Also intransitive: to burst out. Now archaic.In quot. c1454 figurative: to deduce, infer. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > letting or sending out > let or send out [verb (transitive)] > expel afferreOE warpc1000 outdriveOE wreakc1100 to cast out1297 to cast fortha1382 out-chasec1395 flecchea1400 to shoot forth, out, awaya1400 propel?1440 expulse?a1475 scour1488 out-thrust1532 to catch forthc1540 propulse1548 pulsec1550 unplant1552 to turn out of ——1562 extrude1566 detrude?1567 eliminate1568 deturbate1570 detruse1571 unroost1598 to put by1600 deturb1609 bolt1615 run1631 disembogue1632 out of1656 expel1669 rout1812 to manage (a person) out of1907 OE West Saxon Gospels: Luke (Corpus Cambr.) xi. 14 Þa he utdraf þa deofolseocnesse þa spræc se dumba. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 1768 (MED) Þe springes cum ouer-all utedriue [a1400 Trin. Cambr. oute to dref]. c1400 (?c1380) Pearl 777 Þou con alle þo dere out dryf. c1454 R. Pecock Folewer to Donet 50 (MED) Intellect is a kunnyng..wherbi we knowen þe hiȝest..treuþis..bi whom alle oþire louȝer..treuþis ben prouyd, knowen and out dryuen. 1616 B. Jonson Speeches Prince Henries Barriers in Wks. I. 972 One tumour drown'd another, billowes stroue To out-swell ambition, water ayre out-droue. 1650 Woodstock Scuffle sig. A3v Those [Parsons] to whom the Pow'r was giv'n Of driving Spirits, are Out-driv'n; Their Colledges dispos'd, and Livings, To Grout-heads. 1857 E. Sargent Primary Standard Speaker 103 Come, vow..By the stars, and the earth, and the four winds of heaven, That the land shall be saved, and its tyrants outdriven! 1926 J. Mackay Bride of Rivers & Other Verses 44 When they sang loud again, Winter out-driven, Rongo and Rehua Smiled in high heaven. 2. transitive. To drive better or faster than. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > driving or operating a vehicle > drive a vehicle [verb (transitive)] > faster than outdrive1665 1665 S. Pepys Diary 5 Sept. (1972) VI. 213 He..out-drives any coach and out-goes any horse. 1987 J. Humphreys Rich in Love iv. 89 Not even [the racing driver] Richard Petty could outdrive them. 2003 Toronto Sun (Nexis) 8 Mar. s14 Coulthard has been prodded into increasing his season preparations after being outdriven by Raikkonen last season. 3. transitive. Golf. To drive further than. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > golf > play golf [verb (transitive)] > drive farther than outdrive1900 overdrive1900 1900 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Sept. 392/2 Given the same clubs and balls and close-cropped courses, they could outdrive old Alan or young Tommy by a yard. 1923 Weekly Disp. 13 May 1 He seemed to set out not to out-drive his opponent..but to steer a straight course. 1990 D. Rutherford Game of Sudden Death (BNC) 388 He managed to steer the ball between two bunkers..at some sacrifice of length. Buck outdrove him by forty yards. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1961v.OE |
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