| 单词 | outside in |
| 释义 | > as lemmasoutside in a. outside in (usually with turn): so that the outer side becomes the inner; = inside out at inside n.1 4. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > inversion > inverted [phrase] > inside out inside outwards1681 outside in1681 The ‘In’ and ‘Out1925 1681 Table of Hard Words in S. Pordage tr. T. Willis Remaining Med. Wks. Inverse, a turning inside out, or outside in, upside down, quite contrary. 1691 J. Dunton Voy. round World I. vii. 129 'Tis London turn'd outside in. Here's Streets, and Signs, and Paint. 1771 T. Smollett Humphry Clinker I. 66 The Circus..looks like Vespasian's amphitheatre turned outside in. 1825 J. Neal Brother Jonathan II. 166 Preaching..as if the great world were to be turned..inside out, or outside in. 1863 C. Kingsley Water-babies i. 18 He did not know that a keeper is only a poacher turned outside in, and a poacher a keeper turned inside out. 1928 R. Campbell Wayzgoose i. 13 There ‘Sundowner's’ with, turned outside in, served as the puttee to a turkey's skin. 2002 Creative Loafing Atlanta (Nexis) 19 June The penis is split open, hollowed out..and the remaining skin is turned outside in. < as lemmas |
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