outsize

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An unusually large garment size.
动词 v.
  1. To exceed in size. intransitive
    — Mega-ship to outsize seas' reigning Queen.
形容词 adj.
  1. Of an unusually large size . not-comparable
    — 1958, P. G. Wodehouse, The Fat of the Land, in 'A Few Quick Ones', Everyman, London: 2009, p 11. ...the contents of the kitty amounted to well over a hundred pounds. And it was generally recognized that this impressive sum must inevitably go to the lucky stiff who drew the name of Lord Blicester, for while all the starters were portly, having long let their waist-lines go, not one of them could be considered in the class of Freddie's outsize uncle.
  2. Unintuitively or unexpectedly large. not-comparable
    — Small changes in initial conditions can have an outsize effect on the course of events.

词形变化

outsizes plural outsizes present,singular,third-person outsizing participle,present outsized participle,past outsized past

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *úd
Proto-Germanic *ūt
Proto-Germanic *ūt-
Old English ūt-
Middle English ut-
English out-
English size
English outsize
From out- + size.
词源 2
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *úd
Proto-Germanic *ūt
Proto-Germanic *ūt-
Old English ūt-
Middle English ut-
English out-
English size
English outsize
From out- + size.
词源 3
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *úd
Proto-Germanic *ūt
Proto-Germanic *ūt-
Old English ūt-
Middle English ut-
English out-
English size
English outsize
From out- + size.
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