outgrow

['aut'grəu]

v.过大而不适于,长大成熟而不再, 长得比 ... 快(或大、高)

例句与用法：

By the time he is ten, he has outgrown his older brother.

他十岁的时候就已经长得比他哥哥高了。

He's already outgrown his older brother.

他已长得比哥哥还高。

词形变化：

动词过去式: outgrew | 动词过去分词: outgrown | 动词现在分词: outgrowing | 动词第三人称单数: outgrows |

详细释义：

vt.

1. 长大了便不再适用

outgrow one's clothes

个子长大了衣服穿不下

2. 长大成熟而不再

He has outgrown his credulity.

他已长大成熟而不再轻信。

3. 长得比……快(或大、高)

By the time he was ten, he had outgrown his older brother.

他十岁的时候就已经长得比他哥哥高了。