outseek

词形变化

outseeks 三单 outseeking 现在分词 outsought 过去式 outsought 过去分词

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To seek out; actively or diligently search for; investigate; research.

    及物

    […] Who thro' mist and darkness still the truth outsought; […]

    […] a selling bank — one that is outseeking and outreaching, one that goes after customers as contrasted with waiting on them.

词源

From Middle English *outseken, outsechen. Equivalent to out- + seek. Cognate with Saterland Frisian uutsäike, West Frisian útsykje (“to seek out”), Dutch uitzoeken (“to pick, sort out, investigate”), Low German utsöken, German aussuchen (“to choose, select, pick out”).

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