outgrow

outgrow
(past -grew; past participle -grown)
  1. [with obj.]grow too big for (something)
    长得太大使…不再适用;过大而不适于
    the cradle which Patrick had outgrown.
    帕特里克已睡不下的摇篮。
    ■leave behind as one matures
    成长得不再有,长大后不再有
    her chest infections were long outgrown.
    长大后她早就不再得肺炎了。
    ■grow faster or taller than
    长得比…快,长得比…高
    the more vigorous plants outgrow their weaker neighbours.
    生命力更旺盛的植物比邻近长势较弱的植物长得更快。
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outgrow one's strength
  1. (Brit.)become lanky and weak through excessively rapid growth
    (英)因发育过快而变得瘦弱
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