单词 | outshine |
释义 | outshinev. 1. a. transitive. To surpass in shining or brightness; to shine brighter than. Also in figurative context. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > intensity of light > [verb (transitive)] > be brighter than outshine1585 outblazea1634 outglare1648 outray1652 outflame1658 outdazzle1691 1585 G. Whetstone Life Earle of Bedford xxvi. sig. Biiij His care was set the Gospell to aduaunce, His zeale out shinde, the Papists taper lights. 1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene v. ix. sig. T7v And all their tops bright glistering with gold, That seemed to outshine the dimmed skye. View more context for this quotation 1636 King & Queenes Entertainement Richmond 8 Dost thou not see a light outshine the rest, Two starrs that sparkle in a milky way. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost i. 86 How chang'd From him, who in the happy Realms of Light..didst outshine Myriads. View more context for this quotation 1739–40 D. Bellamy Rival Nymphs iii. iii. 62 Sooner the Moon shall the bright Sun outshine, Than Phillis shall, audacious Swain, be thine. 1784 Philos. Trans. 1783 (Royal Soc.) 73 252 The 81st..Cancri..though only marked of the 7th magnitude, far outshines the brightest of those which may be supposed to be the two stars in question. 1820 P. B. Shelley Vision of Sea in Prometheus Unbound 177 Those eyes where the radiance of fear Is outshining the meteors. 1899 A. C. Swinburne in 19th Cent. Jan. 90 With stars outshining all their suns to be. 1915 R. Brooke 1914 & Other Poems 24 My night shall be remembered for a star That outshone all the suns of all men's days. 1987 R. Ingalis End of Trag. 184 She outshone the light-reflecting surfaces of nature. b. transitive. To surpass in excellence, ability, performance, etc. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > quality of being better or superior > [verb (transitive)] to go before ——OE overlightlOE preferc1395 precede1485 precess1529 to take the wall (of a person)?1562 outshine1605 to have the place1659 to take the road of1670 rank1841 1605 S. Rowley When you see Me sig. A3v Let him command, but we will execute. Making our glorie to out-shine his [f]ame Till we haue purchast an eternall name. 1607 Puritan (1664) i O ranck not me with those wicked women, I had a husband out-shin'd 'em all. 1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 268. ⁋3 How few are there who do not place their Happiness in out-shining others in Pomp and Show. 1752 H. Fielding Amelia IV. xi. viii. 190 No Woman could outshine her in a Drawing-Room. 1799 C. B. Brown Ormond xiii. 150 They must not be condemned, because they are outshone by qualities that are necessarily male births. 1839 C. F. Briggs Adventures Harry Franco II. xv. 151 He cuts a great dash when he comes home, but I am certain that you, dear brother, will outshine him, when you come home. 1964 A. Hopkins Talking about Concertos x. 116 I say this not as a criticism of [the cello],..but rather in its defence, lest it should seem to be outshone by its more nimble sister [sc. the violin]. 1989 TV Extra (Brisbane) 30 Apr. 4/2 They even go so far as to hint that David outshone Faye when it came to acting. 2. intransitive. poetic. To shine forth or out. Also figurative. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > shine [verb (intransitive)] > shine forth or spread blush?a1400 umbeshinec1400 reluyse1474 foreshine1571 elamp1610 glory1651 outshinea1747 outbeam1797 a1747 B. Colman in Specimens of Amer. Poet. (1829) I. 59 Elisha he!.. Unenvy'd in the schools, had long outshone In gifts divine, and rival there was none. 1838 E. S. Wortley Queen Berengaria's Courtesy III. 255 A fair, good morning to thee, Love! The sun outshineth bright. 1867 W. Morris Life & Death of Jason ii. 26 And dimly through the place the gold outshone. 1878 R. W. Gilder Poet & Master 11 Even the night is mine When Northern Lights outshine. 1909 J. Ayscough San Celestino ix. 53 His pale face glowed with an inward light outshining, as he called to mind..the dying Pope's companion. Derivatives ˌoutˈshiner n. rare ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > quality of being better or superior > [noun] > better or superior person or thing betterOE unlikea1300 superior1537 overmatch1590 transcendent1613 go-by1823 outshiner1864 super-individual1911 the world > action or operation > prosperity > advancement or progress > outdoing or surpassing > [noun] > one who or that which > one who staina1586 exceeder1625 eclipser1748 surpasser1805 outdoer1824 outshiner1864 overtaker1885 1864 Askerdale Park I. 128 The weak young woman who had been outshone on some occasion at which she had reckoned on being the universal outshiner. 1992 Atlanta Jrnl. (Nexis) 21 Aug. g1 Everybody who reads it is going to love this book but particularly Birmingham citizens and their pet hate, old civic-outshiners, Atlantans. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1585 |
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