单词 | outscore |
释义 | outscorev. transitive. Esp. in various sports and contests: to surpass (another) in scoring points; to score more than (another player or team). Also in figurative context. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > winning, losing, or scoring > win, lose, or score [verb (transitive)] > score > score more than outscore1885 outpoint1895 1885 Harper's Mag. May 901/2 The claim was at length made that a few cows, good, but not great, by the scale of points, were giving two or three times the amount of butter that could be obtained from other cows that far outscored them by that standard. 1907 T. H. Smith Basket Ball Guide 31 He..always succeeded in outscoring his opponent at least to the extent of two baskets to one. 1951 Sport 30 Mar. 10/2 J. Parsons..outscored Billy McHale, newly-crowned Northern Counties A.B.A. champion, in the miners' divisional tourney. 1968 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 15 Jan. 18/9 The Hawks outscored the Gens 4–1 in the third period to take the victory. Dennis Giannini paced the winners with two goals. 1989 Spin Oct. 105/3 (advt.) In field test after field test..women agree Musk by English Leather outscores the competition every time. 1996 Spectator 31 Aug. 12/2 The Republicans were judged to have done a slick job, with an emotional few days that included a touching speech by Nancy Reagan. But the Democrats were not to be outscored on the sobometer. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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