outfall

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
美 /ˈaʊtˌfɔl/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A sudden eruption of troops from a fortified place; sally. obsolete
  2. A quarrel; a falling out. dialectal
  3. The point or place of discharge of a river, drain, culvert, sewer, etc.; mouth; embouchure.
    — West of Keswick a short descent at 1 in 122 brings the train down to the low-lying and marshy ground between Derwentwater and Bassenthwaite Lake and to the crossing of the Derwent - the outfall from Derwentwater, [...].
动词 v.
  1. To burst forth, as upon an enemy; make a sally. obsolete,transitive

词形变化

outfalls present,singular,third-person outfalling participle,present outfell past outfallen participle,past outfalls plural

词汇关系

衍生词
flapped outfall outfall sewer sea outfall

词源

词源 1
From Middle English outfallen, equivalent to out- + fall. Compare Dutch uitvallen (“to fall out, sally”), German ausfallen (“to fall out, lunge”), Swedish utfalla (“to fall out”).
词源 2
From out- + fall. Compare Dutch uitval (“outburst, sally, eruption”), German Ausfall (“falling out, sally”), Swedish utfall (“sally, issue”).
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