| 单词 | outlying |
| 释义 | outlying, ppl. a.|ˈaʊtˌlaɪɪŋ|
[out- 10.]
1. Lying or situated outside certain limits; hence fig. extrinsic, extraneous. Of a beast: That makes its lair outside a park or enclosure.
1663Dryden Wild Gallant ii. ii, Just in the condition of an out-lying deer, that's beaten from his walk for offering to rut. 1689–90Temple Ess., Heroic Virtue v. Wks. 1720 I. 220 The last Survey I proposed of the Four outlying (or, if the Learned so please to call them, barbarous) Empires, was that of the Arabians. 1705Hickeringill Priest-cr. ii. iii. 36 If this be the Church of England, all the Laity are out of the Pale of the Church, like out-lying Deer that are out of the Park, and subject to be worryed by every Dog or Devil. 1862Ansted Channel Isl. i. iii. (ed. 2) 37 These distances do not include the outlying rocks. 18..M. Pattison in Mem. (1885) 136, I wasted time over outlying classics, which did not form part of the degree list.
2. Lying at a distance from the centre of an area; remote, out-of-the-way; living at a distance from centres of population.
1689–90Temple Ess., Heroic Virtue i. Wks. 1720 I. 196 Some of these out-lying Parts of the World. 1871Tylor Prim. Cult. I. 41 Instances of civilized men taking to a wild life in outlying districts of the world. 1888Burgon Lives 12 Gd. Men II. xii. 396 The example was taken up by remote outlying parishes. |
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