单词 | from the outside |
释义 | > as lemmasfrom (also on, to) the outside a. The position or area adjacent to and beyond the outer side or surface of something. Now chiefly in from (also on, to) the outside. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > [noun] > position close to outside outside1457 1457 Plea & Mem. Rolls London Guildhall No. A81.8 (MED) From þe outeside..of þe said gate ynward toward þe wherf. 1503 in T. Stapleton Plumpton Lett. (1839) 180 I lay at outside ij dayes or I cold have it. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Ezek. xl. 5 There was a wall on the outsyde rounde aboute the house. a1578 R. Lindsay Hist. & Cron. Scotl. (1899) I. 301 [He] chapit him be the ost ane lyttill, and at ane outsyde watchit him. 1611 Bible (King James) Judges vii. 19 So Gideon and the hundred men..came vnto the outside of the campe. View more context for this quotation 1677 Lovers Quarrel in F. J. Child Eng, & Sc. Pop. Ballads (1886) II. iv. cix. B. 449/1 Will you walk with me to an out-side, Two or three words to talk with me? 1699 R. Bentley Diss. Epist. Phalaris (new ed.) 186 An Altar..which is yet standing on the out-side of the Town. 1751 R. Paltock Life Peter Wilkins I. xii. 106 I could not..bear the Thoughts of quitting it [sc. my habitation], or of having any of my Goods exposed to the Weather on the Outside. 1844 C. Dickens Martin Chuzzlewit xxxvi. 423 Can I open the door from the outside, I wonder. 1887 W. F. Barry New Antigone II. ii. xvii. 63 With these words he grasped the handle of the door. At the same moment he felt some one turning it from the outside. 1960 R. W. Marks Dymaxion World Buckminster Fuller 34/1 Ventilation was provided by a small fan located under the lavatory; air was drawn from the nearest room and exhausted through ductwork to the outside. 1991 House Beautiful Kitchens/Baths Winter 25/3 Install only privacy latches that are unlockable from the outside of the bathroom in case of emergency. < as lemmas |
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