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单词 outcry
释义 outcry
I. \ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷\ noun
Etymology: Middle English, from out + cry (after crien out to cry out)
1.
 a. : a crying out : a loud and excited cry or exclamation : clamor, uproar
  < that outcry of despair — P.B.Shelley >
  < still she made her outcry for the ring — Alfred Tennyson >
 b. : a vehement public protest or demand
  < the outcry against him reverberated throughout the country — Allan Nevins >
  < an outcry for more and better cottages — G.E.Fussell >
2.
 a. : auction
  < the executor's duty to sell it at public outcrySoutheastern Reporter >
 b. : a calling out of a price (as in a commodity exchange)
  < a buyer and seller in the ring can by open outcry mutually agree on a price — Commodities >
II. \(ˈ) ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷\ verb
Etymology: Middle English outcrien, from out + crien to cry — more at cry
intransitive verb
: to cry out
 < my every pulse outcries for love — Evaleen Stein >
transitive verb
[out- + cry] : to outdo in shouting
 < outcry his competitors >
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