sub out

动词 v.

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To replace with a substitute: to substitute (something or someone). transitive
    — It's this single word also that Dickenson's editors subbed out for the 1896 edition of her poems, rendering the line instead, “But sequence ravelled out of reach / like balls upon a floor.”
  2. To hire a subcontractor (to complete a task): to subcontract (something). ambitransitive
    — Near-synonym: farm out

词形变化

subs out present,singular,third-person subbing out participle,present subbed out participle,past subbed out past

词源

Short for substitute out or subcontract out
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