moving or appearing to move away from a particular place, especially one that is enclosed or hidden (尤指从封闭处或隐蔽处)离开;出,显露;向外 he walked out into the street. 他走出去来到大街上。 watch the stars come out. 看星星出来。 ■situated or operating in the open air, away from buildings 在室外,户外;离开房屋 the search-and-rescue team have been out looking for you. 搜救队已出去找你了。 ■no longer detained in prison 出狱 they would be out on bail in no time. 他们将会立即被保释。
away from one's usual base or residence 离开通常所在地点 the team had put on a marvellous display out in Georgia. 球队在佐治亚州那儿曾有上乘表现。 ■in a public place for purposes of pleasure or entertainment 在公共娱乐场所 an evening out at a restaurant. 出去吃饭的晚间。
to sea, away from the land 出海,离岸 the Persian fleet put out from Cyprus. 波斯舰队离开塞浦路斯出海。 ■(of the tide) falling or at its lowest level (潮水)退潮,在低潮 the tide was going out. 潮水退了。
indicating a specified distance away from the goal line or finishing line 指离球门线或赛跑终点线的距离 he scored from 70 metres out. 他在距球门线70米处射门得分。
so as to be revealed or known 显露;公开 find out what you can. 尽力查明。 ■aloud; so as to be heard 大声地;出声地 Miss Beard cried out in horror. 比尔德小姐吓得大叫。
at or to an end 殆尽,到头 the romance fizzled out. 爱情关系终于告吹。 ■so as to be finished or complete 直至完成 I'll leave them to fight it out. 我要让他们斗到底。 I typed out the poem. 我把诗全打出来了。 ■in various other completive uses 完全,彻底 the crowd had thinned out. 人群已完全散去。 he crossed out a word. 他划掉了一词。
(of a light or fire) so as to be extinguished or no longer burning (灯,火)熄灭 at ten o'clock the lights went out. 十点钟时灯熄了。 ■(of a stain or mark) no longer visible; removed (污渍,痕迹)除去,去掉 try and get the stain out. 试试把污斑去掉。
preposition
non-standard contraction of out of (非规范)同 out of he ran out the door. 他跑出门去。
adjective [predic.]
not at home or at one's place of work 不在家的;不在工作单位的 if he called, she'd pretend to be out. 如果他来电话,她就装着不在。
revealed or made public 揭示了的;向外界公开的 the secret was soon out. 秘密不久就传了出去。 ■(of a flower) in bloom; open (花)盛开的;开的 ■published 出版的 the book should be out before the end of the month. 书应该在月底之前出版。 ■(informal)in existence or use (非正式)存在的,使用中的 it works as well as any system that's out. 它和任何现有系统一样有效。 ■open about one's homosexuality 公开同性恋身份的 I had been out since I was 17. 我17岁起就公开同性恋身份。
no longer alight; extinguished 熄灭的 the fire was nearly out. 火几乎熄了。
at an end 结束的,终了的 school was out for the summer. 学期结束,暑假要开始了。 ■(informal)no longer in fashion (非正式)落伍的,不再时髦的 grunge is out. 穿破烂牛仔裤已经不时髦了。
not possible or worth considering 不可能的;不值得考虑的 a trip to the seaside is out for a start. 首先,去海滨的事不考虑了。
in a state of unconsciousness 昏迷的,失去知觉的 ■(Boxing)unable to rise from the floor (拳击)站不起来的
mistaken; in error 错误的 he was slightly out in his calculations. 他的计算与正确结果有微小的出入。
(of the ball in tennis and similar games) outside the designated playing area (网球类比赛中的球)界外的
(Cricket & Baseball)no longer batting or at bat, having had one's innings or at bat ended by the fielding side (板球,棒球)出局的 England were all out for 159. 英国队员以159分全部出局。
noun
(informal)a way of escaping from a problem or dilemma (非正式)出路,脱身办法 he was desperately looking for an out. 他在拼命地找脱身之计。
(Baseball)an act of putting a player out (棒球)使球员出局的招数
(the outs)the political party out of office 在野派,在野党
verb [with obj.]
knock out (someone) 击倒,击昏
(informal)reveal the homosexuality of (a prominent person) (非正式)公布(知名人士)的同性恋身份
(W. Indian)extinguish (西印度)熄灭 out the lamp when you're ready. 你们准备好以后就熄灯。
(dated)expel, reject, or dismiss (someone or something) (旧)驱逐,赶出 they had outed Asquith quite easily. 他们轻松地赶走了阿斯奎斯。
常用词组 at outs (北美 on the outs)
in dispute (与某人)意见不合,闹别扭 you were at outs with my uncle Ned. 你与我的奈德叔叔不和。
not out
(Cricket)(of a side or batsman) having begun an innings and not been dismissed (板球)(一方,击球手)未出局的
out and about
(of a person, especially after an illness) engaging in normal activity (人,尤指生病后的人)能正常走动的
out for
intent on having 一心谋求,力图获得 he was out for a good time. 他一心想好好尽兴。
out of
moving or situated away from (a place, typically one that is enclosed or hidden) 离开,从…中出来 he came out of prison. 他出狱了。 ■situated a specified distance from (a place) 位于距(某地)某一距离之外的 they lived eight miles out of town. 他们住在离城八英里的地方。 ■taken or appearing to be taken from (a particular type of writing, genre, or artistic performance) 来自,出自(某种类型的作品,流派,艺术表演) a romance straight out of a fairy tale. 直接取材自一个童话的传奇故事。 ■eliminated from (a competition) 被淘汰出(比赛) Oxford United are out of the FA Cup. 牛津联队在足协杯比赛中被淘汰。
spoken by 出自…之口 still not a word out of Pearsall. 皮尔塞耳仍然什么也不说。
using (a particular thing) as raw material 用…(制成) a bench fashioned out of a fallen tree trunk. 用倒伏的树干做的长凳。 ■using (a particular thing) as a source of some benefit 靠…得益 you should not expect too much out of life. 你不应该对生活期望过高。 ■having (the thing mentioned) as a motivation 由于,出于 she did it out of spite. 她这么做是出于恶意。 ■indicating the dam of a pedigree animal, especially a horse (有某种血统的动物,尤指母马)生的
from among (a number) 从(某数)中 nine times out of ten. 十之八九。
not having (a particular thing) 缺乏,没有 they had run out of cash. 他们用完了现金。
out of it informal 非正式
not included; rejected 局外的;被拒的,未被邀请的 I hate feeling out of it. 我不喜欢感到是局外人。
unaware of what is happening as a result of being uninformed 不知情的,未被告知的 ■(N. Amer.)unable to think or react properly as a result of being drowsy (北美)神志不清醒的 ■(Brit.)drunk (英)酒醉的
out to do something
keenly striving to do something 决心做某事,力图做某事 they were out to impress. 他们竭力表现自己。
out with it
[in imperative]say what you are thinking 说出你的想法
语源
Old English ūt (adverb), ūtian (verb), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch uit and German aus
用法
The use of out as a preposition (rather than the standard prepositional phrase out of), as in he threw it out the windowis common in informal contexts but is not widely accepted in standard English