单词 | outpace |
释义 | outpacev. transitive. To exceed in speed or performance; to outstrip in a race or rivalry, to do better than. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > go or come out [verb (intransitive)] outgoeOE to come outOE forthcomeOE to go outOE to go outOE ishc1330 to take forth one's way (also journey, road, etc.)a1375 proceedc1380 getc1390 exorta1400 issue?a1400 precedec1425 purgea1430 to come forthc1449 suea1450 ushc1475 to call one's way (also course)1488 to turn outa1500 void1558 redound1565 egress1578 outpacea1596 result1598 pursue1651 out1653 pop1770 to get out1835 progress1851 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 a1596 G. Peele Loue King Dauid & Fair Bethsabe (1599) sig. Fij Wert thou much swifter then Azahell was, That could out-pace the nimble footed Roe. 1611 R. Richmond in T. Coryate Crudities sig. e2 A worke.., that doth all other workes out-pace A furlong at the least. 1632 T. Goffe Couragious Turke iii. ii And wisdome so farre to out-pace thy yeares, That, surely (Princesse [printed Ptincesse]) soone maturity, Argues in them, hidden Divinity. 1798 W. Sotheby tr. C. M. Wieland Oberon ii. xliv. 61 Yet will thy heart at times thy head outpace. 1841 R. H. Horne Prol. to Canterbury Tales in Poems G. Chaucer, Modernized 27 When one of such unlearn'd wit should out-pace The wisdom of a heap of learned men? 1875 C. Clery Minor Tactics ii. 37 The enemy followed at full speed..but were outpaced. 1909 Daily Chron. 25 Feb. 8/4 Stokes, who crowned an excellent round of passing by outpacing Palmer, and running under the posts. 1941 Michigan: Guide to Wolverine State (Federal Writers' Project) iii. 547 The mining industry was for a time outpaced by lumbering. 1994 Midwest Home & Design Winter 27/1 Salsa sales now outpace those for ketchup. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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