单词 | outwalk |
释义 | † outwalkn. Obsolete. rare. Perhaps: a promenade. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > path or place for walking > [noun] > promenade maidan?1551 parado1612 promenade1648 mailc1660 esplanade1682 parade1697 outwalk1698 mall1710 alameda1717 paseo1832 walk1843 block1869 broadwalk1930 1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 100 Chap. ii Shews the Tombs, Outwalks, Ceremonies, and Austerities of the Gentiles, with the Ships and River about Surat. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online June 2018). outwalkv. 1. transitive. To outstrip in walking; to walk faster or further than. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > walk upon or tread [verb (transitive)] > outdo in walking outwalk1625 1625 B. Jonson Fortunate Isles 54 Haue I..outwatcht, Yea, and out-walked any Ghost aliue. 1664 R. Stapylton Step-mother v. 76 We have out-walk'd the General and my Sisters; Let's tarry for them? a1754 H. Fielding Fathers (1778) v. iv. 100 Hold there, not so fast, Sir, I don't allow you can outwalk me neither. 1846 E. B. Barrett Let. 3 June in Lett. R. Browning & E. B. Barrett (1899) II. 201 She is old now. Yet she can outwalk my sisters. 1861 Ladies' Repository Jan. 2/1 As a pedestrian, she could outwalk an Englishman, or even an Indian tramper. 1935 A. Lunn Saint in Slave Trade x. 129 He proved himself capable of out-working and out-walking and out-running all his colleagues. 2002 Anchorage (Alaska) Daily News (Nexis) 25 July b9 After surgery, Agnes could outwalk anyone. She loved to walk and dance. 2. transitive. To walk (a period of time) out or to an end; to walk beyond. ΚΠ 1856 F. L. Olmsted Journey Slave States 325 I..walked on. For a time I could occasionally hear the cry,..gradually I outwalked the sound. 1865 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend II. iv. xv. 288 He outwalked the short day, and was on the towing-path by the river, somewhat footsore, when the night closed in. 1927 E. A. Robinson Tristram viii. 164 Having outwalked His hours, he yielded to the setting sun. 1928 R. Frost Acquainted with Night in Poems 166 I have walked out in rain—and back in rain. I have outwalked the furthest city light. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1698v.1625 |
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