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单词 out-top
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out-topv.

Brit. /ˌaʊtˈtɒp/, U.S. /ˌaʊtˈtɑp/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: out- prefix, top v.1
Etymology: < out- prefix + top v.1
1. transitive. To outdo (a person) or surpass (a thing); to trump.
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the world > action or operation > prosperity > advancement or progress > outdoing or surpassing > outdo or surpass [verb (transitive)]
overstyeOE
overshinec1175
overgoc1225
passc1225
surmountc1369
forpassc1374
overmatcha1375
overpassa1382
to pass overa1393
overcomec1400
outpass?a1425
exceedc1425
precedec1425
superexcelc1429
transcendc1430
precel?a1439
outcut1447
overgrowc1475
to come over ——a1479
excel1493
overleapa1500
vanquish1533
outweigh1534
prevent1540
better1548
preferc1550
outgo1553
surpassa1555
exsuperate1559
cote1566
overtop1567
outrun1575
outstrip1579
outsail1580
overruna1586
pre-excel1587
outbid1589
outbrave1589
out-cote1589
top1590
outmatch1593
outvie1594
superate1595
surbravec1600
oversile1608
over-height1611
overstride1614
outdoa1616
outlustrea1616
outpeera1616
outstrikea1616
outrival1622
antecede1624
out-top1624
antecell1625
out-pitch1627
over-merit1629
outblazea1634
surmatch1636
overdoa1640
overact1643
outact1644
worst1646
overspana1657
outsoar1674
outdazzle1691
to cut down1713
ding1724
to cut out1738
cap1821
by-pass1848
overtower1850
pretergress1851
outray1876
outreach1879
cut1884
outperform1937
outrate1955
one-up1963
1624 Abp. J. Williams Let. 24 May in Cabala (1654) 94 The Treasurers..began then to out-top me, and appeared..likely enough..in time to do as much to your Grace.
1642 H. More Ψυχωδια Platonica sig. K6v Reason ought to bear away the bell. But irefull ignorance cannot abide To be outtopd, reprochfully twill yell.
1764 ‘G. Psalmanazar’ Memoirs 73 He doubted not but to see me outtop all the rest in less than a year or two.
1770 E. Thompson Trinculo's Trip to Jubilee 22 Garrick superior stood alone, His usual brightness he outshone, Out-top'd his former spirit.
1814 F. Burney Wanderer II. iii. xxvii. 179 I have never seen you since that night of our all acting together in that play, when you out-topped us all so to nothing!
1860 F. Temple in Ess. & Rev. 12 The idea of monotheism out-tops all other ideas in dignity and worth.
1928 Social Forces 6 331/1 No geniuses of the future can out-top the best of the past.
1992 English 41 99 Lear's agonies, though also, perhaps, his joys however transitory or delusive, will outtop Gloucester's.
2. transitive. To exceed in height; to rise above; to surmount.
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the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > vertical extent > make high(er) [verb (transitive)] > exceed in height
surmountc1374
overpassa1400
passc1400
overpeer1565
overcrop1567
overlook1567
overtop1578
top1582
superate1599
overtip?a1607
over-heighten?1611
out-topa1672
overtower1812
a1672 F. Willughby Bk. of Games (2003) 221 They thrust up their necks & strive to out top one another.
1674 J. Josselyn Acct. Two Voy. 161 To the Northwest is a high mountain that out-tops all, with its three rising little hills.
1777 G. Forster Voy. round World II. 170 Innumerable coco-palms out-topped the woods.
1843 ‘R. Carlton’ New Purchase I. xii. 85 Unable..to send out lateral branches, like stalks of grain they had all grown straight up, hastening, as in a race, each to out-top its neighbour.
1877 G. F. Maclear St. Mark (1879) iv. 55 The thorns gradually out-topped it.
1898 Science 29 July 120/2 It will be seen that on June 11th the gypsum wheat actually out-topped that from the adobe soil.
1955 Times 29 Aug. 8/6 Its spires easily out-top the minarets of the principal mosque.
1986 P. D. James Taste of Death ii. iv. 201 Nellie Ackroyd..was slim where he was plumpish..and out-topped him by three inches.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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