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outward

/out-werd/US // ˈaʊt wərd //UK // (ˈaʊtwəd) //

向外,向外的,向外看,向外走

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : proceeding or directed toward the outside or exterior, or away from a central point: the outward flow of gold; the outward part of a voyage.
    • : pertaining to or being what is seen or apparent, as distinguished from the underlying nature, facts, etc.; pertaining to surface qualities only; superficial: outward appearances.
    • : belonging or pertaining to external actions or appearances, as opposed to inner feelings, mental states, etc.: an outward show of grief.
    • : that lies toward the outside; that is on the outer side; exterior: an outward court.
    • : of or relating to the outside, outer surface, or exterior: to make repairs on the outward walls of a house.
    • : pertaining to the outside of the body; external.
    • : pertaining to the body, as opposed to the mind or spirit.
    • : belonging or pertaining to what is external to oneself: outward influences.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : that which is external; the external or material world.
    • : outward appearance.
adv.副词 adverb
  1. 1

    Also outwards.

    • : toward the outside; out.
    • : visibly expressing one's inner feelings, mental state, etc.
    • : away from port: a ship bound outward.
    • : Obsolete. on the outside; externally.

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Examples

  • There are concepts for rollable display smartphones, outward-folding displays like the Huawei Mate X, and tri-folding smartphones that fold up like a wallet or a brochure.

  • Bubbles also change rapidly — their walls approach the speed of light as they fly outward — and feature quantum mechanical randomness and waviness.

  • In order for the shock wave to become an explosion, it must be driven outward with enough energy to escape the pull of the star’s gravity.

  • The person also had a cellphone mounted on his chest with the camera facing outward.

  • Starting near Neptune’s orbit and extending outward from there, these frozen objects have been doing their own thing for eons, blind to most planetary drama.

  • But other groups are still, by all outward appearances, more entrenched.

  • Chinese citizenry look outward too, but the relationship is often commercial, not cultural.

  • We may be beset by deep political divisions, but the moderate, outward-looking center is large; not a fringe section of society.

  • A 36-story tower designed by Rafael Vinoly nicknamed the “walkie-talkie” curves outward as it rises, ungainly and jarring.

  • For such a source of outward joy to crumble so violently, what the hell happened?

  • He saw with evident pleasure the outward and visible signs of the old earl's immense wealth.

  • She was not accustomed to an outward and spoken expression of affection, either in herself or in others.

  • A burst of indignation within seemed to do more for him than the outward buffetings.

  • Both of the orator's hands swung upward and outward, and he looked intently at the ceiling.

  • There was acute disharmony in the room, where a little time before there had been at least an outward show of harmony.