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单词 outdistance
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outdistancev.

Brit. /ˌaʊtˈdɪst(ə)ns/, U.S. /ˌaʊtˈdɪst(ə)ns/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: out- prefix, distance v.
Etymology: < out- prefix + distance v.
transitive. To leave far behind, esp. in a race or other competition; to outstrip.
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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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