| 单词 | to want out |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto want out b. colloquial (originally regional, esp. Scottish and U.S.). to want out: to want to exit a place; (now frequently figurative) to want to withdraw from a particular situation or undertaking. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > desire for specific things > [verb (intransitive)] > desire to go to want away1836 to want out1838 1838 Series Orig. Portraits J. Kay I. ii. 394 ‘What does he want now?’ ‘He wants out my lord.’ ‘Then keep him in—I say, keep him in!’ 1870 J. Nicholson Idylls o' Hame 10 Jenny, are ye wantin' oot 'Mang the knowes to frisk aboot? 1887 Columbus (Ohio) Dispatch 3 Sept. The turnkey says if the prisoner had informed him he wanted out, he would have been released. 1952 J. Frame in D. M. Davin N.Z. Short Stories (1953) 204 Sheep..either stand still and do nothing or else go round and round getting nowhere, when they're in they want out and when they're out they sneak in. 1959 E. Ambler Passage of Arms viii. 219 They can keep everything... We just want out. 1973 Nature 28 Sept. 173/2 Britain may just be weary of industrial growth and may be saying in quite a sophisticated way that it wants out regardless of the cost. 1984 B. MacLaverty Cal (new ed.) 123 Cal loved these moments, holding the car door half open pretending he wanted out, listening to her. 2005 J. Martyn Ringfort to Runway ii. i. 98 That fancy piece he's married to wants out, hates Ireland they tell me. < as lemmas |
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