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- out-bid (v.)[out-bid 词源字典]
- 1580s, from out (adv.) + bid (v.). Related: Out-bidding; out-bidden.[out-bid etymology, out-bid origin, 英语词源]
- out-building (n.)
- "a detached or subordinate building," 1620s, from out + building (n.).
- out-take (n.)
- "rejected part of a film," 1960, from out + take (n.) in the movie sense.
- out-thrust (adj.)
- 1820, from out (adv.) + thrust (v.).
- about-turn
- "(Chiefly in military contexts) a turn made so as to face the opposite direction", Late 19th century (originally as a military command): shortening of right about turn.
- out-dream
- "To surpass or outdo in dreaming", Early 17th cent.; earliest use found in John Fletcher (1579–1625), playwright. From out- + dream.
- out-city
- "Situated outside a city; suburban", 1930s; earliest use found in John Steinbeck (1902–1968), author. From out- + city.
- out-eat
- "To surpass in eating, eat more than", Mid 16th cent.; earliest use found in John Palsgrave (d. 1554), teacher and scholar of languages. From out- + eat.