单词 | outread |
释义 | outreadv.ΘΚΠ society > communication > reading > [verb (transitive)] > read to the end of outread1578 to read out1646 finish1884 1578 J. Rolland Seuin Seages 36 Als sone as scho the Chedull had out red, Vnder hir feit Incontinent it tred. 1628 in A. Morgan Univ. Edinb. Charters (1937) 113 The buikes outred he teacheth the thrie buikes De Anima. 1659 A. Hay Diary (1901) 141 [I] outred the first book, which caryes on the story till the birth of Christ. 2. transitive. To outdo in reading; to read more or better than. ΘΚΠ society > communication > reading > [verb (transitive)] > outdo in reading outread1581 over-read1651 1581 T. Howell His Deuises sig. L.ijv Tis light t'outrunne, but not to outread the wise. 1815 Zeluca III. 260 She would out-read Lydia Languish herself. 1888 ‘F. Warden’ Witch of Hills II. xxiii. 209 Ladies out-read us, out-write us. 1944 K. Duncan & D. F. Nickols Mentor Graham vi. 63 He could outread Uncle Johnson. 1991 Boston Globe (Nexis) 6 Jan. a65 Although reading the classics together was enjoyable, eventually my kids outread me and raced ahead on their own. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1578 |
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