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单词 out-travel
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out-travelv.

Brit. /ˌaʊtˈtravl/, U.S. /ˌaʊtˈtræv(ə)l/
Forms: see out- prefix and travel v.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: out- prefix, travel v.
Etymology: < out- prefix + travel v.
transitive. To surpass in travelling; to travel further, faster, or more extensively than. Also figurative.
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a1620 M. Fotherby Atheomastix (1622) i. iv. §3. 22 No Traueller could euer out-trauell religion.
1633 E. Benlowes On Excellent Moral Poem in P. Fletcher Purple Island sig. ¶4v Out-travell wise Ulysses, (if you can).
1735 H. Jacob Epist. II in Wks. 106 This Toil you well may spare; You cou'd not, Friend, out-travel Care, Around all Europe shou'd you strole.
1782 F. Burney Cecilia V. x. ii. 239 She then besought him to go instantly, that he might out-travel the ill news, to his mother.
1828 M. R. Mitford Our Village III. 311 I..had entirely forsaken all track, and out-travelled all landmarks.
1890 Cent. Mag. Nov. 123/2 The first night I happened to be among those that kept pretty well back, because the horses out-traveled the oxen.
1938 ELH 5 111 The book was embellished with..a dedication to Ralegh..which proves amusingly how far Sir Walter's fame had out-travelled the ability to write good English.
1987 Financial Times (Nexis) 2 June 32 Mr Courbet must have outtravelled Alan Whicker in recent months as he tried to sort out the problems in France, the US and the European personal computer operations.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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