| 释义 |
† outˈmove, v. Obs.
[out- 18, 18 b.]
1. trans. To surpass or exceed in moving.
1635Quarles Embl. ii. vi. (1718) 86 She'd lend the favour should out-move The Troy-bane Helen, or the Queen of love. 1761Sterne Tr. Shandy III. xxxix, My father's ideas ran on as much faster than the translation, as the translation out-moved my uncle Toby's.
2. To defeat by a move, as in chess.
1860Forster Gr. Remonstr. 197 Every move they made was outmoved. 1887Witness (N.Y.) 13 Apr. 5 A game of political chess, with the chances that the Prohibitionists will be outmoved. |