it rrara THE inside IT5TTC1 at the outside at the most; as a
maximum : There was room for 20 people at the outside. 20
AA0 on
the outside 1 used
to describe how sb
appears or seems AA^ffi; AAfaA: On the outside she seems calm, but I know
she’s worried.
2
not in prison XW A : Life on the outside
took some getting used to again. WMfalftXfaXfillll'If faJ&To
■ adj. /'autsaid/ [only before noun] 1 of, on or facing the
outer side fa 1$(ft; Wfaffi(ft; [ftfalft Pmi external: The outside walls are damp. fai#}$i'{IL, 2 not located in the
main building; going out of the main building ±1| VvVJ.frh (ft; fD] fa ® HT1 EXTERNAL : an outside toilet f3 faM#f o You have to pay to
make outside calls. fT fa % if MMH o 0 I can’t get an
outside line. ffc A il fa ^ „ 3 not included in or connected with
your group, organization, country, etc. XUXAEfifa ( SKfJl
Utm ) W; fal$#j; We plan to use
an outside firm of
consultants. 3$ f] if $J f ij fa
ffl (ft
ilj ^ w] o 0 She has a lot of outside
interests (= not connected with her work). MW0 They felt cut off from
the outside world (= from other people and from other
things that were happening). fafi 11&% 4 used to say that sth is very unlikely X fa (ft;
fa fili '(4 ® 'h (ft: They have only an outside chance of
winning. fad (ftlfe# o 150
is an outside
estimate (= it is very likely
to be less), fait 150o
mprep. /.aut'said/ (also out-side of especially in NAmE)
1 on or to a place on the outside of sth W • ■ • fa ffi; ft • • • faffi: You can park your car
outside our house, fa fa \>X fa H A & 3$ in % M fa o rsT-ra inside
2 away from or
not in a particular place
Mff; X W: It’s the biggest theme
park outside the
of sth ^W - l£ffl|A|; XMX: The matter is outside
my area of responsibility, X Jl X ffc (ft IR it ?£ SI
<> O You
may do as you wish
outside working hours. X W ± M Ht fa], fa^Wft^ffcXft 'A0 tim within 4 outside of apart from |5& T :
There
was nothing they could do, outside of hoping things would get better. J H
1# #?,
m adv. /.aut'said/ 1 not in
a room, building or container but on or to the outside of it f£ fa ® ; faj Wh ® : I'm
seeing a patient—please wait outside. 3§ IE W in M A W ^ o if W fa ffi ¥£ o 0 The house is painted
green outside. ftX(ftfaffi?^J$TilXlo 2
not inside a building W ft fa: It’s warm enough to eat outside, X H flf fa 7, falMWS*XB£i&7o O
Go outside and see if it’s raining. AfaiM^fJi^TMTo 033 inside
.outside
'broadcast noun
(BrE) a programme filmed or
recorded away from the main studio A fife fa H (ft fa
s;
.outside
'lane (BrE) (A/A/77E .passing 'lane) noun the part of a major
road such as a motorway or interstate nearest the middle of the
road, where vehicles drive fastest and can go past vehicles ahead ( rSjj]£/fa]i&
)
fam rntp-m
out sider /.aut'saida(r)/ noun 1 a person who is not accepted as
a member of a society, group, etc. fa A; D fa A: Here she felt she would
always be an outsider. MW&M&^fajllAfaA" 2 a person who is not part of a particular
organization or profession ( M |g, fj ik ) fa nP (ft A ; fa A W : They have decided to
hire outsiders for some of the key positions. ftM ] ft /E W A ® pK it W {4 It If ii fa A, A M o o To an outsider it may
appear to be a glamorous job. fE fa ffi (ft A # M¥ 3 a person or an animal taking part
in a race or competition that is not expected to win ( ) >FM1r£F#J A (
WL^lVV
) : The race was
won by a 20-1 outsider. ,
20 j©
l ^J^
5j0 0 To everyone’s
surprise, the post went to a rank outsider (= a complete outsider), fh
A.1II4W
out-size /'autsaiz/ (also out-sized /'autsaizd/) oc/j.
[usually before noun] 1 larger than the usual size $:A#J; &1M —an outsize desk 2 designed
| 1417
for large people #fa W; #A^W: outsize
clothes #
out-skirts /'autsk3its; NAmE -sk3:rts/ noun [pi.] the parts of a
town or city that are furthest from the centre ( 7ff ) iSffe^: rfT^P: They live on the
outskirts of
out-smart /.aut'smart; NAmE -'smarrt/ verb [VN] to gain an advantage over sb
by acting in a clever way tb • f# Hf] ; ^ Si H771 outwit : She always managed to outsmart her political rivals. tbM(Kj2&
mn-m0
out-source /'autsois; NAmE -so:rs/ verb (business jSf) to arrange for sb outside a
company to do work or provide goods for that company £bf£j: [VN]
We outsource all our computing work. flcCJlE^nPit^Jl
o [also V] ► out sourc ing noun [U] out-spoken /aut'spaukan; NAmE -'spoukan/ adj. ~ (in sth) saying exactly what you think,
even if this shocks or offends people If $; fB M blunt
: an out
spoken opponent of the
leader —■A 0 outspoken comments 0
She
was outspoken
in her criticism of the
plan.
0
note at honest
► out spoken ly adv. outspokenness noun [U]
out-spread /.aut'spred/ adj. (formal) spread out completely MWW; The bird soared high,
with
outspread wings.
out Stand ing /aut'staendir)/ adj.
1
extremely good; excellent fa;ff
an outstanding player/achievement/success ^ fh ii if] M /f$LWt 0 an area of outstanding
natural beauty SIMf tiWIK o
note at excellent 2 [usually
before noun] very obvious or important ^ fij (ft ; Bj] & (ft; MU (ft Pm prominent: the outstanding features of the landscape & — j>d. JS: (ft ^ fh # fiE 3 (of payment, work, problems, etc.
ifcljlL Xfa, B)f|^) not yet paid, done, solved, etc. AAttlft; A^lft; She
has outstanding debts of
over £500. MAfa(ft fair ISM 500 ^0 A lot of work is
still outstanding. fa^Xfa
out stand ing ly /aut'staendiqli/ adv. 1 used to emphasize the
good quality of sth ( ) A#, l&W
pm remarkably : outstandingly successful # # ^
2
extremely well it #; ^
W: He performed well but not outstandingly. ikhM-UW-,
out-stay /.aut'stei/ verb [VN] UTTBl see welcome n. out-stretched /.aut'stretjt/ adj. (of parts of the body # fapPfa)
stretched or spread out as far as possible (ft ; 5k W (ft : He ran towards her with
arms outstretched/with outstretched arms, fa 5k W XX ff If! M Ifiio
out-strip /.aut'strip/ verb (-pp-) [VN] 1 to become larger,
more important, etc. than sb/sth tb- -A ( ^M^^ ) ;
Iftil: Demand is outstripping
supply. iMaT 0 2 to be faster,
better or more successful than sb you are competing against
pm surpass : Their latest computer outstrips all its rivals. fadUfrSI3 to run faster than sb
in a race so that you pass them tb - - £g#
-I*; mm
outta (also outa) /‘auta/ prep, used for writing the
way ‘out of is sometimes pronounced in informal speech
^outofft#JE^P«»fW^#)-:
Tm
outta here! (= I’m leaving now.)
‘out-take noun a piece of a film that
is removed before the film/movie is shown, for example because it contains a
mistake
out tray (US 'out box) noun (in an office) a
container on your desk for letters or documents that are waiting to be sent out
or passed to sb else ( W'^igfft )
—
compare in tray
out-vote /.aut'vaut; NAmE -'vout/ verb [VN] [usually passive] to defeat sb/sth by
winning a larger number of votes % Pm vote sb/sth down : His proposal was outvoted by 10 votes to
8. fa^jH^lrU 10 tb 8 iSMo