英语词汇“outlandish”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

adj

If something is outlandish it's bizarre or unfamiliar, far outside the boundaries of expected or normal behavior. Driving around the city in a golf cart and eating spaghetti with pineapple sauce are both examples of outlandish behavior.

It's easy to imagine how the word outlandish originated. The Old English root is utland, which literally means "out-land," or foreign. Now, it would be inappropriate to refer to a foreigner as outlandish, unless, say, he shows up to the office in a red patent-leather Speedo and a ten-gallon hat.

WORD FAMILY

outlandish: outlandisher, outlandishly, outlandishness

USAGE EXAMPLES

Those outlandish blocks, which few at his position do better.

Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016)

And the goal of more than doubling the national minimum wage seemed outlandish.

The New Yorker(Dec 28, 2016)

“The unfairness of the whole situation in its entirety is just outlandish and upsetting,” Jordan said.

Washington Post(Dec 23, 2016)

adj conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual

the outlandish clothes of teenagers

Syn

bizarre, eccentric, flakey, flaky, freakish, freaky, gonzo, off-the-wall, outre
unconventional

not conventional or conformist

单词	outlandish
释义	outlandish (once / 3243 pages) adj If something is outlandish it's bizarre or unfamiliar, far outside the boundaries of expected or normal behavior. Driving around the city in a golf cart and eating spaghetti with pineapple sauce are both examples of outlandish behavior. It's easy to imagine how the word outlandish originated. The Old English root is utland, which literally means "out-land," or foreign. Now, it would be inappropriate to refer to a foreigner as outlandish, unless, say, he shows up to the office in a red patent-leather Speedo and a ten-gallon hat. WORD FAMILY outlandish: outlandisher, outlandishly, outlandishness USAGE EXAMPLES Those outlandish blocks, which few at his position do better. Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016) And the goal of more than doubling the national minimum wage seemed outlandish. The New Yorker(Dec 28, 2016) “The unfairness of the whole situation in its entirety is just outlandish and upsetting,” Jordan said. Washington Post(Dec 23, 2016) adj conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual the outlandish clothes of teenagers Syn bizarre, eccentric, flakey, flaky, freakish, freaky, gonzo, off-the-wall, outre unconventional not conventional or conformist
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