单词 | time out |
释义 | > as lemmastime out f. time out. extracted from timen.int.conj. (a) Originally U.S. Time forming a break from an activity, task, or occupation. Frequently (esp. in early use) in to take time out. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition or fact of being interjacent > be or make interjacent [verb (transitive)] > break the continuity of or separate by an interval interrupt1679 interval1716 to take time out1892 the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > continuity or uninterruptedness > discontinuity or interrupted condition > [noun] > a break in continuity interruption1390 breach1589 hiatus1613 chasm1654 solution of continuity1654 gap1670 caesura1846 break-in1856 breakage1871 scission1884 time out1892 1892 A. S. Roe Worcester Classical & Eng. High School 58 With the exception of some time out on account of sickness, she has been constantly in the school. 1898 Morning Oregonian (Portland, Oregon) 24 Jan. 8/5 A most important change is that in regard to the delaying of the game by taking time out. 1902 Los Angeles Times 13 May 3/5 Before she departed,..she took time out from her suffering to lay the seeds of the disaster. 1918 Oakland (Calif.) Tribune 30 June 50/2 The Peerless made the run from Fresno into Los Angeles (and there was some time out for pictures on the Ridge route) in a trifle over seven hours. 1950 Life 16 Oct. 10 (advt.) Always the right answer—when you need time out to relax and get a fresh start! 1968 J. D. Hicks My Life with Hist. xii. 219 The purpose of this change was to enable students to pursue their studies the year around, with a minimum of time out for vacations. 2007 Church Times 5 Jan. 16/2 A quiet garden is simply somewhere beautiful where people can take time out to rest and pray. (b) Sport. Usually as two words or with hyphen. Suspension in play, accompanied by the stopping of the clock, either at the request of one team or player, or as ordered by the referee, umpire, etc., typically for rest, consultation, or making substitutions. Now chiefly in to call time out. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > match or competition > [noun] > game or definite spell of play > stage in game time out1896 restart1897 seventh-inning stretch1903 match point1921 quick death1938 turnaround1959 1896 W. Camp & L. F. Deland Football vi. 61 Time out, time taken out by the referee when play is not actually in progress. 1898 Milwaukee (Wisconsin) Sentinel 9 Oct. 6/1 In the second half the frequent calls for ‘time out’ were invariably made for the benefit of a purple player. 1906 Spalding's Official Foot Ball Guide 145 Either captain may ask time out three times each half; penalty thereafter unless a player removed from game. 1925 Woman's World (Chicago) Apr. 12/2 Then the whistle blew for time out. Something had happened. The U's meteoric halfback..was hurt. 1972 J. Mosedale Football v. 61 We'd just stopped them on our one-yard line and called time-out. 2005 Charleston (W. Va.) Gaz. (Nexis) 27 Nov. 1 d West Virginia had plenty of time to win the game and did so without calling time out to allow LSU to set its defense. (c) colloquial (originally U.S.). As an imperative, calling for a break or halt, esp. in a conversation which is becoming uncomfortable, heated, confused, etc.: ‘hold on’, ‘wait a minute’; ‘calm down’, ‘relax’.Originally with allusion or reference to a suspension of play in sporting contexts (see Phrases 2f(b)). ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > calmness > be calm [phrase] steady there1825 steady the Buffs1888 steady on (with something)1903 time out1906 1906 S. Ford Shorty McCabe iii. 60 ‘Time out!’ says I, blockin' the Boss's pet upper cut. ‘Mister 'Ankins seems to have something on the place where his mind ought to be.’ 1937 Boys' Life Oct. 6/2 ‘Sandy MacDonald's coming in to replace me!’ he informed. ‘Time out, please!’ 1945 T. Slesinger & F. Davis Tree grows in Brooklyn (screenplay) in J. Gassner & D. Nichols Best Film Plays 1945 200/2 Hey, time out, I've had enough battlin' to last me today. 1961 N.Y. Times 12 Sept. 29/1 Time out! Stop this madness! 1988 S. Lee Do the Right Thing (film script, 2nd draft) in S. Lee & L. Jones Do the Right Thing (1989) 188 Yo! Hold up! Time out! Time out! Y'all take a chill. Ya need to cool that shit out. 2009 Times (Nexis) 22 June 19 Whoa! Time out. Let's reassess. to time out to time out ΘΚΠ the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > untimeliness > delay or postponement > delay [verb (intransitive)] geleOE studegieOE abideOE to do in or a (= on) fristc1175 dwellc1175 demurc1230 targec1250 dretcha1325 tarrya1375 sojourn1377 defer1382 letc1385 hinderc1386 blina1400 delay?a1400 honea1400 litea1400 overbidea1400 prolongc1425 supersede1433 hoverc1440 tarrowc1480 sunyie1488 stay?a1500 sleep1519 slack1530 protract1540 linger1548 procrastinate1548 slackc1560 slug1565 jauk1568 temporize1579 detract1584 longering1587 sit1591 prorogue1593 to time it out1613 to lie out1640 crastinate1656 taigle17.. to hang fire1782 to hold off1790 to hang it on1819 prevaricate1854 to lie over1856 to tread water1942 to drag one's feet1946 1613 S. Daniel Coll. Hist. Eng. 81 They timed it out all that Spring, and a great part of the next Sommer. a1649 W. Drummond Hist. James II in Wks. (1711) 32 Others advised him..to time it out a while: In this lingring War a Truce might be agreed upon. 1709 J. Spelman & T. Hearne Life Alfred the Great i. 39 Timing it out in other Parts till (with the Adherence of divers of their Nation) they were grown a mighty Number, they then again enter E. Anglia. 2. transitive. To plan out according to the time needed or available. ΘΚΠ the world > time > [verb (transitive)] > apportion (a period of time) to time out1902 1902 Fortn. Rev. June 1036 When a man is always timing out his day, and dovetailing together the duties which compose his daily life. 1961 IRE Trans. Industr. Electronics Aug. 14/2 Timing out the program involves..good engineering and programming judgment to make a realistic analysis of how often these additional instructions will be needed and how quickly they will be needed. 1972 S. Mickelson Electric Mirror v.105 He didn't seem to be able to time out his speeches to complete them within the thirty-minute periods which were normally bought for the purpose. 2006 L. Maslon Sound of Music Compan. vi. 136 Marc Breaux and Saul Chaplin were sent ahead to Salzburg..for the meticulous task of timing out the dance sequences at the locations. 3. intransitive. Computing and Electronics. To cancel or pause an operation automatically after a preset time interval has passed without a particular event occurring. Also (of an operation): to be cancelled or paused in this way. Also transitive with operation as object. ΚΠ 1950 Trans. Amer. Inst. Electr. Engineers 69 1486/2 The controlling relay..is prevented from timing out until all instantaneous relays have returned to normal. 1972 IEEE Trans. Communications 20 542/2 If several RFNM's [sc. request for next message] for multipacket messages have been sent to the host, they will be timed out one at a time in sequence. 1988 InfoWorld 14 Nov. 94/1 When you make an incorrect password entry..the program just sits there until it times out. 1998 InfoWorld 20 Apr. 39/1 DeskPower 2.0 shuts the screen down, monitors the system, and times it out. 2009 Charleston (West Virginia) Gaz. (Nexis) 4 Aug. 4a The government's computer system kept timing out. < as lemmas |
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