outlying

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A region relatively remote from a central location.
    — The other areas and the outlyings will have to come in at a later date, although the council wrestles with that periodically. But the amount of money involved would be substantial.
形容词 adj.
  1. Relatively remote from some central location.
    — The more outlying villages were never visited by their member of parliament.
  2. Located outside of some boundary or limit.
    — When the map was redrawn after the war, our cousin found herself living in outlying territory.

词形变化

more outlying comparative most outlying superlative outlyings plural

词汇关系

近义词
far
衍生词
nonoutlying outlying field outlyingness United States minor outlying islands
相关词
outlier

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
English outlie
English -ing
English outlying
From outlie (Etymology 2) + -ing.
词源 2
Etymology tree
English outlie
English -ing
English outlying
From outlie (Etymology 2) + -ing.
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