单词 | pull-out |
释义 | pull-outn.adj. A. n. 1. The action or an act of pulling out (in various senses), esp. of withdrawing from military involvement or occupation or (more generally) from any undertaking or commitment. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > [noun] departing?c1225 partingc1300 withdrawingc1315 departc1330 wendingc1330 outpassinga1387 goinga1400 discessc1425 departisona1450 departmentc1450 going awayc1450 departition1470 departurec1515 recess1531 avoidance1563 parture1567 waygate1575 departance1579 exit1596 remotion1608 voiding1612 recession1630 recedence1641 recede1649 partment1663 recedure1712 leaving1719 off-going1727 quittance1757 departal1823 pull-out1825 pull-awaya1829 the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > reversal of or forsaking one's will or purpose > [noun] > withdrawal from an engagement or promise retraction1550 resiling1644 retractation1654 resilience1656 backing-out1819 pull-out1825 back-out1829 resilement1830 society > armed hostility > military operations > manoeuvre > [noun] > retreat > withdrawal pull-out1825 withdrawal1838 inactivation1943 bug-out1950 exfiltration1968 1825 C. M. Westmacott Eng. Spy II. 139 Something good for the pull out. 1927 Davenport (Iowa) Democrat & Leader 11 Mar. 25/1 (headline) 1200 fans are disappointed at pull-outs. Moline enters into semi-finals without playing single game. 1937 Times 26 Oct. (Winter Sunshine Suppl.) p. xxxi/1 Next there was the night mail from Maradana Station, with..the slow pull-out through the Polgawella marshes. 1944 Daily Progress (Charlottesville, Va.) 2 Oct. 9/5 A correspondent reported increasing signs of a pull-out..of tens of thousands of German troops. 1976 P. Henissart Winter Quarry v. 60 Most people think a missile pullout is overdue. 1988 Squash Player Internat. Dec. 32/2 The top half of the draw had become weaker with the last minute pull-out by Lucy Soutter..because of a recurring foot injury. 2002 Independent 21 Oct. 11/7 The government decided yesterday on a partial troop pull-out from the occupied West Bank town of Hebron, officials said. 2. a. Aeronautics. The transition from a dive or spin to normal flight. Cf. to pull out 9a at pull v. Phrasal verbs. ΘΚΠ society > travel > air or space travel > action of flying (in) aircraft > specific flying operations or procedures > [noun] > sudden rapid descent > transition to normal flight pull-out1919 1919 A. J. S. Pippard & J. L. Pritchard Aeroplane Struct. vi. 54 The combination of terminal velocity with a quick pull out is one which would break practically any aeroplane. 1943 Sun (Baltimore) 20 July 3/2 All of the men were half dazed. They had been flung about the ship in its two dives and pullouts... The plane was under control, but barely so. 1989 Air Internat. Feb. 94/2 My vision goes completely again at 7g in the pull-out, not returning completely until we resume level flight. b. Surfing. An act of bringing one's surfboard out of a wave in order to end a ride. Cf. to pull out 9b at pull v. Phrasal verbs. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > water sports except racing > surfing > [noun] > actions of surfer kick-out1801 ride1883 side-slip1913 surf1917 slide1935 pull-out1957 quasimodo1960 head dip1962 nose-riding1962 rolling1962 spinner1962 stalling1962 toes over1962 cutback1963 Eskimo roll1964 re-entry1968 right1968 rollercoaster1968 barrel roll1971 hold-down1982 railing1983 cross-stepping1990 cross-step1994 turtle roll2001 1957 F. Kohner Gidget ii. 24 The board chittered and came to a crunching halt in a few inches of water... Moondoggie swung his long legs around and dragged the board ashore... 'Well, Pinky,' he said, 'how was that for a pull-out?' 1968 W. Warwick Surfriding in N.Z. 13/1 To execute a pullout, guide your board to the top of the wave, then kick it into the wave. 1992 New Yorker 24 Aug. 58/3 A second later, I'm coasting onto flat water, leaning into a pullout, and mindlessly shouting ‘My God!’ 3. A self-contained detachable section of a newspaper, magazine, etc. Also: an oversize page of a book or magazine, designed to be unfolded by the reader (= fold-out n. at fold v.1 Compounds 2). ΘΚΠ society > communication > journalism > journal > parts and layout of journals > [noun] > supplement or pull-out section supp1755 takeout1940 supplement1950 pull-out1952 1952 Conc. Oxf. Dict. Add. Pull-out, page or plate in book that unfolds out from front edge of leaves to facilitate reference. 1955 Sun (Baltimore) 28 Oct. (B ed.) 26/4 TV Pull-Out... Have been meaning to write and tell you how wonderful is the new TV pull-out section of The Sunday Sun. 1971 S. E. Morison European Discov. Amer.: Northern Voy. p. viii The reproduction of old maps in a book presents typographical problems. Nobody likes a big pull-out; but if the size is too much reduced, one cannot read the names of places. 1971 Woman's Own 27 Mar. 21 Next week..8-page pull-out of dairy dishes. 2003 Post-Standard (Syracuse, N.Y.) 18 July 1/1 See the eight-page pull-out in today's Weekend section. B. adj. That may be pulled out; that is designed to be pulled out. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > impelling or driving > pushing and pulling > [adjective] > relating to or used in pulling > pulled > able to be > able to be pulled out pull-out1837 1837 C. R. Goring & A. Pritchard Micrographia i. 7 This is effected in the ordinary manner in which the component tubes of a pull-out spy-glass are connected with each other. 1881 Daily News 4 Aug. 5/2 First the box with a lid, then the cupboard with a door, then the perfected ‘pull-out’ drawer. 1929 ‘R. Crompton’ William iv. 86 They're frightened of the big roundabout—an' the pull-out toffee makes them sick. 1950 J. D. Carr Below Suspicion xii. 149 Dr. Bierce lowered himself on one of the pull-out seats facing them. 1955 Sun (Baltimore) 28 Oct. (B ed.) 26/4 Have been meaning to write and tell you how wonderful is the new TV pull-out section of The Sunday Sun. 1979 Amateur Photographer Feb. 62/1 The three cameras we're looking at this week..have pull-out or retracting lenses. 2002 Chicago Tribune (Midwest ed.) 12 May iii. 19/1 The pull-down rear-seat armrest..also houses a pair of slide-out cupholders; pull-out coinholder tray in the dash. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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