| 释义 |
outbear, v.|aʊtˈbɛə(r)|
[out- 15, 15 b, 18.]
1. trans. To bear forth, carry away. poetic.
a1300E.E. Psalter ix. 26 Out born be his domes fra his face alle. Ibid. lxxvii. 52 And he out bare als schepe his folk. 1844Mrs. Browning Sonn., Soul's Expression, This song of soul I struggle to outbear Through portals of the sense.
†2. To bear out; to support; to sustain. Obs.
1530Palsgr. 650/1 Who so ever saye the contrary, I wyll outbeare the. 1587L. Mascall Govt. Cattle, Sheepe (1627) 205 The Winter..killeth many Sheepe, the which ye did suppose they would haue out-borne the sayd Winter. 1624Bp. R. Montagu Gagg 45 Satis pro imperio, if you can out⁓beare it.
3. Naut. = outcarry v. 2.
1691Foulkes in Lond. Gaz. No. 2640/4 The Dover did out-bear her with Sail, by which means her Foretopmast came by the Board. 1865Morn. Star 30 Aug., Even our handsome Edgar was outborne by the black mass of the Solferino, with her keen, scooped-out bow slowly parting the water. |