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单词 outrun
释义 outrun
I. \(ˈ) ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷\ verb
Etymology: Middle English outrennen, from out (I) + rennen to run — more at run
intransitive verb
archaic : to run out
transitive verb
[out- + run]
1.
 a. : to surpass in running : run faster than : go ahead of
  < after a ride lasting all day, the Indians outran them — W.S.Campbell >
  < can outrun any other sub — Time >
 b. : to increase or develop faster than
  < believes … that saving will chronically tend to outrun investment — W.M.Dacey >
  < multiplication in numbers must inevitably outrun the food supply — R.E.Coker >
 c. : to escape from
  < we'd outrun my past so far, but it would catch up with us some day — J.B.Benefield >
  < men who had outrun the established law and all the courts — W.P.Webb >
2. : to go beyond (a particular point or limit)
 < scientific theory is outrunning common sense — A.N.Whitehead >
 < fashion never permanently outruns discretion — Edward Sapir >
3. : to receive more votes than
 < outran his party's candidates for other state offices >

- outrun the constable
II. \ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷\ noun
Etymology: out (III) + run (after run out, v.)
1. : the act of running out
 < the dog started off in great style on its outrun to collect the sheep — Alastair Robertson >
2. : a run for cattle or sheep at a distance from the main buildings or head station
3. : an area into which a skier slides to come to a stop after making a ski jump or run
 < all steep downhill stretches must have a safe outrun — Walter Prager >
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