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单词 in-and-out
释义 in and out, in-and-out, adv. and n.
(Cf. also ins and outs, in n. 2.)
A. adv.
1. Alternately in and out; now in, now out.
a. Of motion.
[a1240Sawles Warde in Cott. Hom. 247 Þe warliche loki hwam ha leote in ant ut.]1503Hawes Examp. Virt. ix. xiii, I was in a mase goynge in and oute.a1641Suckling Ballad on Wedding, Her feet beneath her petticoat Like little mice stole in and out.1703W. Dampier Voy. III. 19 This Rope serveth to hale the Boat in and out.1897Hall Caine Christian xi, Little knowing curls that went in and out on her temples.
b. Of position, condition, season, etc.
a1635Naunton Fragm. Reg. (Arb.) 52 Their affections had been more permanent, and not so in and out as they were, like an Instrument ill tuned.1687R. L'Estrange Answ. Diss. 22 'Tis not with Sermons, as 'tis with Mackrel, to be In, and Out.1711Addison Spect. No. 72 ⁋7 The Fire..has seen the Glass-house Fires in and out above an Hundred times.1855Dickens Dorrit i. xxix, He was much in and out.
2. Inside out. Obs.
a1533Ld. Berners Huon lv. 187 When he had well proued him [a horse] and turned hym in and out.1542Udall Erasm. Apoph. 234 b, Cesar permitted hym to turne the tale in and out, and laie the wyte or blame on hymselfe.1548Udall, etc. Erasm. Par. Luke 138 a, Soodainly turned in and out clene arsie versie.Ibid. 151 a, O the course of thinges meruailously turned in and out.
3. Both in and out; inside and outside.
1895How to get Married 113 A widow knows him [a man] in and out.
4. attrib. (quasi-adj.) in various senses; spec. in-and-out bolts (see quot. 1850); in-and-out boy, in and out man, someone in and out of prison; a burglar; in-and-out class, those paupers who are now in and now out of the workhouse; in-and-out cottage, a cottage of irregular plan; in and out family, formerly, a family constantly entering and leaving a workhouse; in-and-out running, alternate winning and losing of races (so in-and-out football); in and out work, work which is not continuous; also, irregular or unlawful practice.
1640Bp. Hall Episc. ii. xvii. 182 What Ordination to that their In-and-out Office; have these succeeding and Momentary Presidents?1824Miss Mitford Village Ser. i. (1863) 239 Ah! the in-and-out cottage! the dear, dear home.1841R. H. Dana Seaman's Manual 111 In-and-out, a term sometimes used for the scantline of the timbers, the moulding way, and particularly for those bolts that are driven into the hanging and lodging knees, through the sides, which are called in-and-out bolts.c1850Rudim. Navig. (Weale) 126 In and out,..applied to those bolts in the knees, riders, &c., which are driven through the ship's sides, or athwartships, and therefore called ‘In and out bolts’.1855Geo. Eliot in Fraser's Mag. June 699/2 Heavy-looking in-and-out corridors, such as one found only in German inns.1885Referee 26 Apr. 1/2 Now and again in-and-out running on the part of a horse subjects his owner to considerable annoyance.1888Times 26 June 4/5 Have you heard of what is called in-and-out running?1888‘R. Boldrewood’ Robbery under Arms III. xviii. 277, I began to hear that there was a deal of in-and-out sort of work about my getting my freedom.1897Westm. Gaz. 31 July 2/3 Children of habitual tramps and of the ‘in and out’ classes.1903Westm. Gaz. 29 Sept. 10/1 His engagements are only for particular plays—‘in and out’ work.1904Daily Chron. 14 June 9/1 One notable ‘In and Out’ family entered and discharged itself sixty-two times from a London workhouse in one year.1906E. Dyson Fact'ry 'Ands viii. 97 It was in 'n' out sorter work.1910E. M. Forster Howards End v. 38 Oh, heavens! I've knocked the In and Out card down.1936H. G. Wells Anat. Frustration xv. 178 That does not close the Jewish problem for you. It merely brings you back to the fundamental age-long problem of this nation among the nations, this in-and-out mentality, the essential parasitism of the Jewish mycelium upon the social and cultural organisms in which it lives.1937C. Prior So I wrote It xvi. 191 Among the boys I knew, very few had either the courage or skill to tackle ‘live gaffs’ by night. Most of them were in-and-out boys. They did their eighteen months in Wandsworth or Pentonville, had a run of a month or so and went back to do a twenty-one or even a lagging.1939H. Hodge Cab, Sir? 221 An ‘in and out job’ is a passenger who comes back to his starting point.1959Times 31 Dec. 11/3 The discovery was announced in 1925 and met with a very in-and-out reception.1960Encounter Mar. 77/1 The In-and-Out Game is played... ‘Everyone’ knows that Hemingway is not so In as Faulkner.1961Partridge Dict. Slang (ed. 5) II. 1143/2 In-and-out man, an opportunist thief.1961Times 14 Apr. 5/4 Two clubs who have had an in-and-out season meet at Old Deer Park.1970Guardian 12 Sept. 11/2 Israeli casualties were..high... The alternative..would be a quick ‘in and out’ operation.1972Times 15 Dec. 14/3 ‘In and out’ records through lapsing..are not uncommon.
B. n. The ‘In’ and ‘Out’, the name of the Naval and Military Club in London.
1925Fraser & Gibbons Soldier & Sailor Words 127 The In and Out, the Naval and Military Club, 94, Piccadilly. So called familiarly from the words ‘In’ and ‘Out’, painted on the pillars of the approach to the courtyard in front.1967Guardian 21 Feb. 3/6 Two London clubs, the 105-year-old Naval and Military, better known as the ‘In and Out’, and the 92-year-old Devonshire, may merge.
Hence in-and-outishness, -outism, -outness nonce-wds., irregularity of form or outline; in-and-outer, one who is only moderately skilled or is erratic in performance; one who holds office intermittently.
1824Miss Mitford Village Ser. i. (1863) 5 A cottage..all angles, and of a charming in-and-outness.1833T. Hook Widow & Marquess viii, The in-and-outishness of the Quebec.1836G. Gurney III. iii. 135 Her figure was..full of those in-and-out-isms which constitute in my mind true symmetry.1905Outing (U.S.) Feb. 572/2 Whippets run in more consistent form than horses, and there are few ‘in-and-outers’.1934E. B. Marks They all Sang 210 He was an in-and-outer..and this was one of his ‘out’ periods.1952Assoc. Press 8 Oct., Reynolds has 30 knockouts among his 52 victories but he has been an in-and-outer.1960Farmer & Stockbreeder 29 Mar. 53/3 There are a great many ‘in-and-outers’ who know mighty little of the art of breeding.1967Economist 5 Aug. 496/1 The British unfamiliarity with the American concept of ‘ins and outers’—men who alternate between private careers and public service.
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