- outstrip
[outstrip 词源字典]
- outstrip: see strip
[outstrip etymology, outstrip origin, 英语词源] - outstrip (v.)
- 1570s, "to pass in running," from out + Middle English strip "move quickly," of unknown origin. Figurative sense of "to excel or surpass in anything" is from 1590s. Related: Outstripped; outstripping.