单词 | to be out of it |
释义 | > as lemmasto be out of it 15. to be out of it. extracted from out ofprep. a. Not involved or included in an action or event. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social relations > lack of social communication or relations > separation or isolation > [adverb] > detached or non-participating to be out of it1830 aloofly1891 1830 M. Edgeworth Let. 8 Dec. (1971) 442 Poor Davies Gilbert to whom the place was in every way unsuited is well out of it. I hope he thinks so. 1880 Punch 25 Dec. 299/1 I was out of it, jolly clean out of it. a1902 S. Butler Way of All Flesh (1903) xii. 54 Christina pictured herself and Theobald..but always towards the end of her vision there came a little coronation scene..and here even Theobald himself was out of it. 1973 ‘R. Lewis’ Of Singular Purpose vii. 157 You're well out of it, Harry. Believe me, you're well out of it. 1991 G. Keillor WLT: Radio Romance xli. 372 They could whoop and curse and screech filth on the air, it was no reflection on him, he was out of it now. b. Removed or distant from the centre or heart of something; isolated; uninformed. ΚΠ 1884 Pall Mall Gaz. 18 June 4/1 Indeed, ‘C’ Troop..has been rather ‘out of it’ in the matter of field service. 1904 H. James Golden Bowl I. i. xxi. 344 He..moved her by..taking pity..on her just discernible depression... He guessed that she felt herself, as the slang was, out of it. 1959 News Chron. 10 July 3/4 Bungalow dwellers..may well have felt out of it. 1989 R. MacNeil Wordstruck iv. 92 Embarrassed to be so out of it, I had to admit I didn't know the difference. c. slang (originally U.S.). Confused, stupefied, or unconscious, esp. after consuming drink or drugs; (also) unable to think or react properly as a result of being tired.Quot. 1959 appears to have a somewhat different meaning. ΚΠ 1959 Amer. Speech 34 143 One who is extremely happy is on cloud 88 or out of it.] 1963 Amer. Speech 38 174 Drunk: soused, out of it, stoned, bombed. 1972 in J. E. Lighter Hist. Dict. Amer. Slang (1997) II. 731/1 Out of it means completely worn out, pooped. 1973 Black Panther 27 Oct. 12/3 James Jenkins..describes several inmates on ‘F’ block, who were once ‘sharp dudes’ as being ‘completely out of it’ following ‘therapeutic sedation’. 1997 Sun 26 Dec. 38/2 When my head hit the pitch I was out of it. < as lemmas |
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