outing

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A pleasure trip or excursion.
    — This was a fine day's outing for anybody who had been cooped up in the shops for a few months.
  2. A performance in public, for example in a drama, film, on a musical album, as a sports contestant etc.
    — The role is the latest dramatic outing for Radcliffe since the end of the successful Potter franchise.
  3. The act of publicly revealing that a person is homosexual or transgender without that person's consent.
    — Advocates for gay and lesbian issues suggest the increase in discharges reflects the hostility of the military towards homosexual soldiers and a growing number of "forced outings" of gay and lesbian troops.
  4. The act of revealing somebody as having a certain secret, such as a being a secret agent or undercover detective.
动词 v.
  1. present participle and gerund of out form-of,gerund,participle,present

词形变化

outings plural

词汇关系

衍生词
outing flannel

词源

词源 1
From out + -ing. Compare Old English yting ("outing, journey").
词源 2
From out + -ing. Compare Old English yting ("outing, journey").
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