a trip taken for pleasure, especially one lasting a day or less (尤指一日内的)外出游玩 they would go on family outings to the movies. 他们会全家出去看电影。 ■a brief journey from home 出门,外出 her daily outing to the shops. 她每天例行的外出购物。 ■(informal)an appearance in something, especially a sporting event or film (非正式)(尤指在体育项目或电影中的)出场 Madonna's first screen outing in three years. 麦当娜三年来的首次银幕亮相。
[mass noun]the practice or policy of revealing the homosexuality of a prominent person 公开知名人士同性恋的做法(或策略)
语源
late Middle English (in the sense 'the action of going out or of expelling'): from the verb out + -ing