1[countableC]DL a short trip that a group of people take for pleasure 〔一群人的〕短途旅游,远足
a family/school etc outing
a class outing to the ballet
外出观看芭蕾舞的班级
outing to
an outing to the beach
去海滩的短途旅游
on an outing
They had gone on an outing to the pool for Robert’s birthday.
他们去游泳池玩了,为罗伯特庆贺生日。
2.[countableC, uncountableU]SYHOMOSEXUAL when someone publicly says that someone else is homosexual, when that person does not want anyone to know 〔在当事人不愿意别人知道的情况下〕公开指出某人是同性恋(的行为)
Examples from the Corpus
outing• Mrs Pollack took her class on an outing to the local museum.• We found other times to take him for a stroll without carving into her bakeryouting.• Wintertreat Planning a pre-Christmas outing for the children?• Neither law firmoutings nor public protests and rallies were quite his style, in any case.• Outing: The first outing for the Heighington Over 50/60 club will depart on April 14.• As children, she and her sister Ruth had reckoned the first outing to pickprimroses as the trueherald of spring.• Natalia patted Mephistopheles, who wondered what had so revolutionised his life with so many outings.• a school outing to the ballet• The IceBowl is the perfectvenue for that extra special school outing or end of term trip.• This is like a Sunday-school outing.• a GirlScoutouting in the mountains
on an outing• I approach a trip to a book nook with the eagerness of a child on an outing to the toystore.• You can see families on outings alongside the drive below you, looking like ants at their own picnic.• Perhaps you are going on an outing or meeting a friend.• I looked forward to going to work because it felt more like going on an outing.• It contains six small apples and has the sort of handle which makes it easy to carry to school or on outings.• There are also plans to take pupilson outings to Wimbledon and Ascot, and there will be nights at the opera.• There are glimpses of Mengele joking with the children, taking them on outings, hugging them.• They were on an outing from school - a day of activities organised by Scope Southall, an independentcommunity organisation.
ADJECTIVE | VERB + OUTING | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤little短途旅行▸➤special特別的遠足▸➤day's, summer, weekend一日遊;夏季出遊;週末遠足▸➤annual一年一度的出行▸➤family, school, social家庭遠足;學校組織的短途旅行;集體遠足VERB + OUTING➤arrange, plan組織/計劃短途旅行➤enjoy享受短途旅行PREPOSITION➤on outing去遠足◇We're going on an outing tomorrow.我們明天去遠足。➤outing from離開⋯去遠足◇The children were on an outing from school.孩子們去校外遠足了。➤outing to到⋯的短途旅行◇a family outing to the mountains全家登山旅行