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O0160300 (ou′tĭng)n.1. An excursion, typically a pleasure trip.2. A walk outdoors.3. a. The public disclosure that someone who is assumed to be heterosexual is actually gay, lesbian, or bisexual.b. The public disclosure of a person's secret or largely unknown activity or interest, especially when thought to be embarrassing or compromising.4. An athletic competition or an appearance therein: The rookie pitcher threw a no-hitter in his first outing with the team.

outing

(ˈaʊtɪŋ) n1. a short outward and return journey; trip; excursion2. informal the naming by homosexuals of other prominent homosexuals, often against their will

out•ing

(ˈaʊ tɪŋ)

n. 1. a pleasure trip, picnic, or the like. 2. a public appearance, as by a participant in an athletic contest. 3. the intentional exposure of a secret homosexual, esp. a public figure. [1325–75]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	outing - a journey taken for pleasure; "many summer excursions to the shore"; "it was merely a pleasure trip"; "after cautious sashays into the field"excursion, jaunt, pleasure trip, junket, sashay, expeditionjourney, journeying - the act of traveling from one place to anotherairing - a short excursion (a walk or ride) in the open air; "he took the dogs for an airing"field trip - a group excursion (to a museum or the woods or some historic place) for firsthand examination
	2.	outing - a day devoted to an outdoor social gatheringpicnic, field dayholiday, vacation - leisure time away from work devoted to rest or pleasure; "we get two weeks of vacation every summer"; "we took a short holiday in Puerto Rico"

outing

noun journey, run, trip, tour, expedition, excursion, spin (informal), ramble, jaunt, awayday, pleasure trip families on a Sunday afternoon outing

outing

nounA usually short journey taken for pleasure:excursion, jaunt, junket, trip.

Translations

出游外出

out

(aut) 1. adverb, adjective not in a building etc; from inside a building etc; in(to) the open air. The children are out in the garden; They went out for a walk. 出外，在外，向外 出外，在外，向外 2. adverb from inside (something). He opened the desk and took out a pencil. 出外，在外，向外 （从…里）出来 3. adverb, adjective away from home, an office etc. We had an evening out; The manager is out. 在外，外出 在外（不在家），外出（ 不在工作地点） 4. adverb, adjective far away. The ship was out at sea; He went out to India. 離岸,離開城市,離開國家 表示远离陆地、祖国、城镇等5. adverb loudly and clearly. He shouted out the answer. 出聲地，大聲地 出声地，大声地 6. adverb completely. She was tired out. 完全，徹底 全部，彻底 7. adverb, adjective not correct. My calculations seem to be out. 錯誤 错误，不准确 8. adverb, adjective free, known, available etc. He let the cat out; The secret is out. 出現，顯露 显露，暴露 9. adverb, adjective (in games) having been defeated. The batsman was (caught) out. 出局 （板球、棒球、垒球等中的）出局 10. adverb, adjective on strike. The men came out in protest. 大聲地 大声地11. adverb, adjective no longer in fashion. Long hair is definitely out. 不再流行 过时，不再流行 12. adverb, adjective (of the tide) with the water at or going to its lowest level. The tide is (going) out. 退潮 退潮13. adjective unacceptable. That suggestion is definitely out. 完全不可能 不可能 (as part of a word) 1. not inside or near, as in out-lying. 在外 在外2. indicating outward movement, as in outburst. 出 出（往外去的） 3. indicating that the action goes further or beyond a normal action, as in outshine. 外出 外出（表示不在原状态） ˈouter adjective outside; far from (the centre of) something. outer space. 外面的，遠離中心的 外面的，远离中心的 ˈoutermost adjective nearest the edge, outside etc. the outermost ring on the target. 最外面的 最外面的ˈouting noun a usually short trip, made for pleasure. an outing to the seaside. 出遊 出游ˈoutward adjective1. on or towards the outside; able to be seen. Judging by his outward appearance, he's not very rich; no outward sign of unhappiness. 外面的，向外的 外面的，向外的 2. (of a journey) away from. The outward journey will be by sea, but they will return home by air. 外出的 外出的ˈoutwardly adverb in appearance. Outwardly he is cheerful, but he is really a very unhappy person. 外表上，表面地，外觀上地 外表上，表面地，外观上地 ˈoutwards adverb towards the outside edge or surface. Moving outwards from the centre of the painting, we see that the figures become smaller. 向外，在外 向外，在外 ˈout-and-out adjective very bad. an out-and-out liar. 徹底的 彻底的out-of-datedateout-of-pocket adjective paid in cash; paid out of your own pocket. out-of-pocket expenses. 現金支付 现金支付be out of pocket to have no money; to lose money. I can't pay you now as I'm out of pocket at the moment. 賠錢 赔钱out of printprintout of sight1. no longer visible; where you cannot see something or be seen. They watched the ship sailing until it was out of sight; Put it out of sight. 在看不見的地方 在看不见的地方2. an old expression meaning wonderful, fantastic. The show was out of sight. （古語）極好的 （古语）极好的 out of sight, out of mind an expression describing a situation in which someone is forgotten when he/she is not around. They used to be close friends, but since he left it has become a case of out of sight, out of mind. 眼不見為淨 眼不见为净（眼不见，心不烦） ˌout-of-the-ˈway adjective difficult to reach or arrive at. an out-of-the-way place. 偏僻的 偏僻的be out for to be wanting or intending to get. She is out for revenge. 一心要 一心要be out to to be determined to. He is out to win the race. 決心要 决心要out of1. from inside. He took it out of the bag. 從裏向外 从里向外2. not in. Mr Smith is out of the office; out of danger; out of sight. 在...外 在...外3. from among. Four out of five people like this song. 幾個之中 几个之中4. having none left. She is quite out of breath. 沒有，缺乏 没有，缺乏 5. because of. He did it out of curiosity/spite. 由於 由于6. from. He drank the lemonade straight out of the bottle. 從...裏面 从...里面out of doors outside. We like to eat out of doors in summer. 戶外 户外out of it1. not part of a group, activity etc. I felt a bit out of it at the party. 不在其中(被冷落的意味) 不在内（被冷落） 2. no longer involved in something. That was a crazy scheme – I'm glad to be out of it. 不再參與 不再参与out of orderorderout of the way unusual. There was nothing out of the way about what she said. 不尋常的 不寻常的out of this worldworldout of workwork

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