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2026-02-21

“outsail”的英英意思

单词 outsail
释义 outˈsail, v.
[out- 18, 17.]
trans. To outdo or surpass in sailing; to sail faster than; transf. and fig. to outstrip.
a1616Beaum. & Fl. Wit without Money i. ii, She may spare me her mizen, and her bonnets, strike her main petticoat, and yet out-sail me.1675Cocker Morals 31 Let none out-sail you in your Occupation.1748Anson's Voy. ii. v. 177 The Centurion..outsailed the two prizes.1883D. Kemp in Fortn. Rev. 1 Sept. 323 ‘Smugglers’..could out-sail the cruisers on any point of sailing.
b. To sail beyond or farther than.
1865E. Burritt Walk Land's End 245 Drake..outsailed Columbus by two thirds of the earth's circumference.

 

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