| 释义 |
outˈsee, v.
[out- 18, 17.]
1. trans. To surpass in length or accuracy of sight; to surpass in mental insight.
1605Chapman All Fooles in Dodsley O.P. (1780) IV. 185 You that can out-see clear-ey'd jealousy. 1847[see outlove]. 1894H. Drummond Ascent Man 138 It is nothing to him [Man] to be distanced..in vision by the eagle: his field-glass out-sees it.
2. To see beyond (a point or limit).
1645Rutherford Tryal & Tri. Faith xiii. (1845) 137 Fancy and nature cannot out-see time, nor see over or beyond death. 1664Power Exp. Philos. i. 78 Our Posterity may come by Glasses to out-see the Sun, and discover Bodies in the remote Universe. 1837Emerson Misc. 92 Would we be blind? Do we fear lest we should outsee nature and God? |