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单词 out-eat
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out-eatv.

Brit. /ˌaʊtˈiːt/, U.S. /ˌaʊtˈit/
Inflections: Past tense out-ate; past participle out-eaten;
Forms: see out- prefix and eat v.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: out- prefix, eat v.
Etymology: < out- prefix + eat v. With sense 2 compare to eat out at eat v. Phrasal verbs.
1. transitive. To surpass in eating, eat more than.
ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > processes or manners of eating > eat via specific process [verb (transitive)] > eat as much as or more than
overeat?1523
out-eat1530
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 650/2 My horse wyll outete such four jades as thyne is.
1615 T. Overbury et al. New & Choise Characters with Wife (6th impr.) sig. Lv He wil be sure to bee a guest, and to out-eat sixe of the fattest Burgers.
1701 E. Ward Battel without Bloodshed 15 Hungry as Hawks, having Food to delight-'em, They out-Eat the French, rather more than out-Fight-'em.
1807 W. H. Ireland Stultifera Navis 36 (note) The reader must allow..that the natives of other countries may out-eat us.
1937 D. Runyon in Collier's 21 Aug. 9 I am willing to bet ten thousand dollars that he can outeat anybody in the United States.
1991 N.Y. Mag. 9 Sept. 12/1 The U.S. can boast that it out-ate the Soviets and bankrupted the USSR's economy.
2. transitive. To eat out or away. Usually in passive. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > matter > condition of matter > bad condition of matter > cause bad condition in [verb (transitive)] > corrode or erode
forfret?c1225
fret?c1225
gnaw1530
to eat awaya1538
eat1555
arrode1575
corrode1594
out-eatc1595
eat1609
erode1612
to eat out1616
bite1623
etch1664
exede1669
cancer1824
to eat in-
c1595 Countess of Pembroke Psalme lxix. 29 in Coll. Wks. (1998) II. 82 Quite an alian am I grown:..With thy temples zeale out-eaten, with thy slanders scourges beaten.
1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 185 Poore men are pitifully out-eaten by vsurious contracts.
1665 J. Webb Vindic. Stone-Heng (1725) 12 Some Antique Inscription..whose Characters..were so corroded, and out-eaten by Time, that..Antiquaries..could not read it.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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