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向外的,表面的,外服的向外,在外,表面

资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Outward \Out"ward\, n.
   External form; exterior. [R.]

         So fair an outward and such stuff within. --Shak.

Outward \Out"ward\, Outwards \Out"wards\, adv. [AS. ?teweard.
   See {Out}, and {-ward}, {-wards}.]
   From the interior part; in a direction from the interior
   toward the exterior; out; to the outside; beyond; off; away;
   as, a ship bound outward.

         The wrong side may be turned outward.    --Shak.

         Light falling on them is not reflected outwards. --Sir
                                                  I. Newton.

   {Outward bound}, bound in an outward direction or to foreign
      parts; -- said especially of vessels, and opposed to
      {homeward bound}.

Outward \Out"ward\, a.
   1. Forming the superficial part; external; exterior; --
      opposed to {inward}; as, an outward garment or layer.

            Though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is
            renewed day by day.                   --Cor. iv. 16.

   2. Of or pertaining to the outer surface or to what is
      external; manifest; public. ``Sins outward.'' --Chaucer.

            An outward honor for an inward toil.  --Shak.

   3. Foreign; not civil or intestine; as, an outward war.
      [Obs.] --Hayward.

   4. Tending to the exterior or outside.

            The fire will force its outward way.  --Dryden.
      -- {Out"ward*ly}, adv. -- {Out"ward*ness}, n.

   {Outward stroke}. (Steam Engine) See under {Stroke}.

资料来源 : WordNet®

outward
     adj 1: relating to physical reality rather than with thoughts or
            the mind; "a concern with outward beauty rather than
            with inward reflections" [ant: {inward}]
     2: that is going out or leaving; "the departing train"; "an
        outward journey"; "outward-bound ships" [syn: {departing(a)},
         {outbound}, {outward-bound}]

outward
     adv : toward the outside; "move the needle further outward!" [syn:
            {outwards}] [ant: {inward}]