单词 | out-turn |
释义 | out-turnn. 1. a. The quantity produced or yielded; output, product; (Economics) a quantity or result attained (as distinct from an estimate). ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > [noun] > production > product > produce, yield, or return gettinga1382 increasingc1384 fruitc1450 increase1560 growth1580 increment1593 brood1600 return1614 produce1650 improvement1706 out-turn1801 bag1858 production1878 society > trade and finance > management of money > management of national resources > [noun] > political economy > forecast > actual or variant result out-turn1801 variance1964 1801 Asiatic Ann. Reg. 1800 Proc. Parl. 35/1 The prospects of the year 1799–1800 will be found to vary but little in the aggregate from the actual out-turn of the preceding year. 1850 Jrnl. Statist. Soc. 13 3 Rungpoor, in the Moorshedabad division, compared with the neighbouring localities, gives a very questionable out-turn. 1880 C. R. Markham Peruvian Bark 423 The outlay, as regards labour,..is the same whether the out-turn is large or small. 1928 R. S. Troup Silvicultural Syst. ix. 115 Both [sc. the farmer and the gardener] take such measures as they can to improve the quality and increase the outturn of their field or garden crops. 1972 Accountant 21 Sept. 350/1 Some indication of the out-turn for the current year. 1991 Fiscal Stud. Aug. 7 If an investment is risky, this means that investors know the distribution of possible returns from their investment, but do not know the actual out-turn. b. gen. An outcome; a final result. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > effect, result, or consequence > [noun] > outcome or that which results issuea1325 outcominga1382 conclusionc1384 endc1385 fruita1400 finec1405 termination?a1425 sumc1430 succession1514 sequel1524 game1530 success1537 event1539 pass1542 increase1560 outgate1568 exit1570 cropc1575 utmosta1586 upshoot1598 sequence1600 upshot1604 resultance1616 upshut1620 succedenta1633 apotelesm1636 come-off1640 conclude1643 prosult1647 offcome1666 resultant1692 outlet1710 period1713 outcome1788 outrun1801 outcome1808 upset1821 overcome1822 upping1828 summary1831 outgo1870 upcomec1874 out-turn1881 end-product1923 pay-off1926 wash-up1961 1881 W. Paul Past & Present Aberdeenshire 19 Rahab, spoken of in the Bible, made a bad beginning, but she had a fine out-turn,—she had a fine out-turn, she married Salmon. 1961 Atom Feb. 12/2 Any statement on the future cost of power involves a complicated judgment of the out-turn of many factors. 1999 Hilfe Country Rep. (Nexis) 15 Sept. 4 It is unlikely that the HDZ will be able to retain its majority in parliament at the next election. The most likely outturn is a coalition of some kind. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > tea manufacture > [noun] > tea-leaves tea1655 tea-leaf1756 out-turn1878 matcha1881 1878 E. Money Cultiv. & Manuf. Tea (ed. 3) 110 I tried again and again, but never could detect that panning caused any difference to either the Tea, the liquor or the out-turn. 3. Curling. An outward turn of the elbow executed together with an inward turn of the hand in delivering a stone. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > winter sports > curling > [noun] > types of shot or delivery inring1789 outwick1805 inwick1820 wick1823 witter shot1823 outring1824 inturn1890 out-turn1890 stug1897 draw1902 draw shot1902 in-curl1903 out-curl1903 long slide1936 slide1950 peel1984 1890 J. Kerr Hist. Curling 411 No curler is..entitled to be reckoned a graduate of arts in curling until he has mastered the knowledge of the in-turn and the out-turn. 1900 J. Kerr in A. E. T. Watson Young Sportsman 200 The in-turn is made when the curl is to be toward the right, the out-turn when it is to the left. 1969 R. Welsh Beginner's Guide Curling xi. 82 The..‘in-turn’ and ‘out-turn’, are activated in different ways. 2002 Daily Tel. 22 Feb. 5/5 The skip..indicates..what kind of shot she wants played, and whether she wants the players to use the ‘in-turn’ or ‘out-turn’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1801 |
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