The outermost thing is the one farthest from the middle. Think of rings: the outermost ring is the last one. Planets, layers of skin, walls of a city, seats in a theatre — if you can point to a centre, this word points to the far edge. It is a calm, careful word; science and maps like it. “Outer” already means “on the outside”; “-most” pushes it to the extreme.

The outermost thing outermost(最外層)的東西 is是 the one那個 farthest from the middle離中心最遠的。Think of rings想想看一圈一圈的環: the outermost ring最外面那一圈 is是 the last one最後一圈。Planets, layers of skin, walls of a city, seats in a theatre行星、皮膚的層次、城牆、劇場的座位 — if如果 you你 can point to a centre能指出一個中心, this word這個字 points to就指向 the far edge最遠的邊緣。It它 is是 a calm, careful word一個平穩、精確的字; science and maps科學和地圖 like it都愛用它。“Outer”"outer"這個字 already means已經有 “on the outside”「在外面」的意思; “-most”"-most" pushes it to the extreme把它推到極致。

Though actually, outermost and uttermost began as twins of the same old word. Today we mostly keep them apart: outermost is about place (farthest out), and uttermost is more about degree (the very greatest). Some older writing still mixes them.

Though actually不過其實, outermost and uttermost outermost和uttermost這兩個字 began as twins一開始是雙胞胎 of the same old word同一個古字。Today今天, we我們 mostly keep them apart大多把它們分開: outermost outermost是關於位置的 is about place (farthest out最外面), and而 uttermost uttermost比較是關於程度的 is more about degree (the very greatest最極致的)。Some older writing有些較舊的文章 still mixes them仍然把兩者混用。