Picture a pipe with an opening at the end: whatever is inside has been building up, and here is where it gets out. Everything this word does keeps that shape — the point where something under pressure finally reaches the outside. Water gets out of a pipe, power gets out of a wall, goods get out to buyers, and feelings get out of a person.

可以想成:一根管子末端的開口——裡面的東西一直累積,而這裡就是它出來的地方。這個字所有的用法都保留這個形狀:某個被積著的東西,終於通到外面的那個點。水從管口出來、電從牆上的孔出來、商品從店裡出到買家手上、情緒從一個人身上出來——英文用的都是同一個字。

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原始詞典資料5 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,摘錄並精簡格式,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

outletnoun/ˈaʊtlɛt/

  • 1

    A vent or similar passage to allow the escape of something.

  • 2

    Something which allows for the release of one's desires.

    • Jamie found doing martial arts was a great outlet for her stress.
    • Song of the bleeding throat, / Death’s outlet song of life, (for well dear brother I know, / If thou wast not granted to sing thou would’st surely die.)
  • 3

    A river that runs out of a lake.

  • 4

    A shop that sells the products of a particular manufacturer or supplier.

  • 5

    A wall-mounted socket connected to an electrical power supply, at which current can be taken to run electrical devices.

    • I had to move the cupboard to get to the power outlet.

摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary,已精簡格式;依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用,改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。