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单词 spin-out
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spin-outn.

Brit. /ˈspɪnaʊt/, U.S. /ˈspɪnˌaʊt/
Etymology: < verbal phrase to spin out: see to spin out at spin v. Phrasal verbs 2.
North American slang.
A skidding spin by a vehicle out of control.
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society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > movement of vehicles > [noun] > spinning out of control
spin-out1957
1957 Daily Progress (Charlottesville, Va.) 28 Oct. 14/6 A spin-out in the last 10 minutes of the race may have cost Tony Briggs of Charlottesville top honors in the first preliminary race before the President's Cup automobile race.
1971 Maclean's Oct. 39/3 He had trouble eliminating his spin-outs, those heart-stopping moments when the car slithers in circles and semi-circles on the track.

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Surfing and Windsurfing. The phenomenon of a surfboard or sailboard slewing or turning undesirably due to the skeg or fin lifting out of the water, esp. while turning or in rough water.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > water sports except racing > surfing > [noun] > actions of board
nosing1488
pearling1961
spin-out1961
1961 Surfer Q. Fall 10/2 (caption) Spin-out for Bob Evans... Righting a position like this is near impossible as all forward speed is lost.
1988 Boardsailor (Glenashley, S. Afr.) June 18/2 Klepper have introduced a new concept to improve top speed and reduce spin out.
1998 Boards May 53/2 (caption) A close up of the RRD anti-cavitation flap which prevents spin out by stopping the air being sucked down the fin.

Draft additions June 2006

Business (originally U.S.). = spin-off n. 2(a).
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society > occupation and work > business affairs > a business or company > [noun] > other types of company
incorporation1530
acquisitor1668
private company?1711
private practice1724
public company1730
trading house1760
acquiror1789
in-company1791
public corporation1796
company1800
subsidiary company1823
proprietary company1824
stock-company1827
trust company1827
subsidiary1828
concessionaire1839
commandite1844
statutory company1847
parent company1854
mastership1868
state enterprise1886
Pty.1904
asset class1931
acquirer1950
parent1953
growth company1959
spin-off1959
non-profit1961
shell1964
not-for-profit1969
vehicle1971
spin-out1972
startup1975
greenfield1982
large-cap1982
monoline1984
small cap1984
mid-cap1988
multidomestic1989
dotcom1996
1972 N.Y. Times 51/5 The ‘spin-out’ would take the form of creating a new company, which, like the bank, would be owned by the Chase Manhattan Corporation.
1983 Electronic News (Nexis) 7 Nov. 1 To his knowledge, the computer maker has not licensed any other similar spinouts.
1994 Sci. Amer. Jan. (Universities: Partners in Technol. section) u16/1 A former academic at Oxford University and founder of this spin-out company.
2003 Independent 1 Feb. (Mag.) 35/2 Last year, a commercial ‘spin-out’ of Sheffield University, Pictorial Meadows, began to sell seed mixtures, suitable for use in both public parks and private gardens.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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