outward

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj. 副词 adv.
中文释义
英 /ˈaʊt.wəd/    美 /ˈaʊt.wɚd/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A ward in a detached building connected with a hospital.
动词 v.
  1. To ward off; to keep out. obsolete,rare
    — Ne any armour could his dint out-ward; / But wheresoever it did light, it throughly shard.
形容词 adj.
  1. Outer; located towards the outside.
  2. Visible, noticeable.
    — By all outward indications, he's a normal happy child, but if you talk to him, you will soon realize he has some psychological problems.
  3. Tending to the exterior or outside.
    — The fire will force its outward way.
  4. Foreign; not civil or intestine. obsolete
    — an outward war
副词 adv.
  1. Towards the outside; away from the centre.
    — We are outward bound.
  2. Outwardly, in outer appearances; publicly. obsolete
    — ANd thenne the quene lete make a preuy dyner in london vnto the knyȝtes of the round table / and al was for to shewe outward that she had as grete Ioye in al other knyghtes of the table round as she had in sir launcelot / al only at that dyner she had sir Gawayne and his bretheren
  3. Away from home.

词形变化

more outward comparative most outward superlative more outward comparative most outward superlative outwards present,singular,third-person outwarding participle,present outwarded participle,past outwarded past outwards plural

词汇关系

近义词
outwards
反义词
inward inwards
衍生词
outwardmost outward-looking outwardness

词源

词源 1
From Middle English outward, from Old English ūtweard, equivalent to out + -ward.
词源 2
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *úd
Proto-Germanic *ūt
Proto-Germanic *ūt-
Old English ūt-
Middle English ut-
English out-
English ward
English outward
From out- + ward.
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