| 释义 |
outwards, adv. (a.)|ˈaʊtwədz|
[OE. útweardes, f. útweard outward adj., with advb. genitive -es. Cf. OHG. ûȥwertes (Ger. auswärts), MDu. útwaerts, Du. uitwaards.]
1. In an outward direction; towards that which is outside or without.
c897K. ælfred Gregory's Past. xi. 70 Suæ bið sio costung ærest on ðæm mode, & ðonne færeð utweardes to ðære hyde. a1225Ancr. R. 92 Euer so þe wittes beoð more ispreinde utwardes, se heo lesse wendet inwardes. 1517R. Torkington Pilgr. (1884) 68 We..spendyd owtwardes be twyne Venyce and Jaffe on Moneth and ij Dayes. 1583[see inwards adv. 1 b]. 1677Moxon Mech. Exerc. (1703) 205 Do not direct the cutting Corner of the Chissel inwards, but rather outwards. 1712Steele Spect. No. 485 ⁋3 A new night gown, either side to be worn outwards. 1828P. Cunningham N.S. Wales (ed. 3) II. 155 To embark his capital outwards in a mercantile speculation. 1846F. Brittan tr. Malgaigne's Man. Oper. Surg. 203 To cut a semicircular flap from within outwards.
†2. In an outward position; outwardly, outside; externally. Obs. rare.
1436Pol. Poems (Rolls) II. 158 To werre oughtwardes and youre regne to recovere. c1530Tindale Pathway Holy Scripture Wks. (Parker Soc. 1848) 14 Yet are we full of the natural poison,..and cannot but sin outwards,..if occasion be given.
B. attrib. (as adj.). For outward goods.
1878F. S. Williams Midl. Railw. 638 We pass on..to the ‘Outwards’ department of the great goods shed. This ‘Outwards’ platform..runs the length of the shed. |