| 释义 |
outˈkill, v. rare.
[out- 18, 15 b.]
trans. a. To outdo, go beyond in killing. b. To finish killing, kill outright.
a1658Cleveland Gen. Poems, etc. (1677) 113, I wonder for how many Lives my Lord Hopton took the Lease of his Body. First Stamford slew him, then Waller outkill'd that half a Barr. 1860Pusey Min. Proph. 65 This is the second death, which never out-killeth, yet which ever killeth. |