单词 | outdistance |
释义 | outdistancev. transitive. To leave far behind, esp. in a race or other competition; to outstrip. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > rate of motion > move at specific rate [verb (transitive)] > gain (ground) upon > catch up or overtake > outstrip to leave behinda1393 overgoc1425 preventa1500 outgo1530 out-trot1555 outstrip1567 stripa1592 outpacea1596 out-swift1606 to have (also get) the speed ofa1616 outstretcha1642 to give (a person or thing) the go-by1642 to gain bounds of1653 outrace1657 outspeed1661 to cast behind1681 distance1691 belag1721 repass1728 outfoot1740 outdistance1789 fore-reach1803 to have the foot of1832 to run away1843 slip1856 short-head1863 tine1871 forespeed1872 outrate1873 1789 ‘A. Pasquin’ Children of Thespis in Poems II. 44 Those parts of short length should be ever his choice, That his action may never out-distance his voice. 1799 J. Grahame Wallace iii. iii. 49 Wallace galloped, wounded, off the field, Mounted on a fleet barb, and that our horse Were far outdistanced in the chase. 1857 A. Trollope Barchester Towers (1858) xxxviii. 320 Why do you let the Slopes..out-distance you? 1890 L. C. D'Oyle Notches Rough Edge Life 113 At last our pursuers were outdistanced. 1920 W. Lewis Group X in Evening News 20 Mar. 4/7 A tremendous step forward, which has, they say, ‘outdistanced’ all known ‘isms’. 1994 Coloradoan (Fort Collins) 18 Sept. (USA Weekend Mag.) 14/3 My little girl..will probably outdistance her parents in her devotion to community service. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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