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Outlandish means strange in a big, noticeable way — not a little unusual, but so far from what people around you expect that it can make them stare, laugh, or . You hear it about clothes, hair, names, stories, and ideas: an outlandish hat, an outlandish , an outlandish plan.
Outlandish meansOutlandish的意思是 strange in a big, noticeable way明顯又強烈的奇怪 — not a little unusual不是稍微不尋常, but so far from what people around you expect而是遠遠超出你身邊的人的預期 that it can make them stare, laugh, or frown讓人忍不住盯著看、笑出來，或皺眉。You hear it about clothes, hair, names, stories, and ideas你會聽到它形容衣服、髮型、名字、故事和點子: an outlandish hatan outlandish hat（誇張到不行的帽子）, an outlandish rumouran outlandish rumour（離譜的謠言）, an outlandish planan outlandish plan（異想天開的計畫）。
The feeling is often a mix of surprise and a slight shake of the head; it can be fond, or it can be a polite way of saying 'that is too much'. It is colourful rather than stiff-formal, but you will still meet it in newspapers and books.
The feeling is often a mix of surprise and a slight shake of the head這種感覺常常是驚訝加上微微搖頭; it can be fond可以是帶著喜愛的, or it can be a polite way of saying也可以是委婉地說 'that is too much'「這也太誇張了」。It is colourful rather than stiff-formal它比較生動，不是死板的正式用語, but you will still meet it in newspapers and books但你還是會在報紙和書裡看到它。
Though actually, the word did not start as a fashion word. It first meant 'from a foreign land' — the kind of thing that comes from outside your own country, so it feels odd here. That old 'foreign' meaning has mostly .
Though actually不過其實, the word did not start as a fashion word這個字一開始不是用來講時尚的。It first meant它最早的意思是 'from a foreign land'「來自異國」 — the kind of thing that comes from outside your own country那種來自你自己國家以外的東西, so it feels odd here讓人覺得在這裡很奇怪。That old 'foreign' meaning has mostly faded那個舊的「異國」意思現在大部分已經淡去了。
If you call a person's idea outlandish today, you are not saying they are a ; you are saying the idea itself feels as if it wandered in from somewhere else. Outstanding is a different word: that one praises something as excellent.
If you call a person's idea outlandish today如果你今天說某人的點子outlandish, you are not saying they are a foreigner你不是在說他們是外國人; you are saying the idea itself feels as if it wandered in from somewhere else你是在說這個點子本身感覺像是不知道從哪裡飄進來的。Outstanding is a different wordOutstanding是另一個字: that one praises something as excellent那個字是在稱讚某樣東西很傑出。
組成out + land + -ish. Out here is 'outside / beyond'; land is country or ground; -ish means 'of that kind'. Built that way, it first meant 'of a foreign land'. From Middle English outlandisch, from Old English ūtlendisċ ('foreign; strange'), going back to a Germanic word for outlying or foreign land plus a suffix meaning 'characteristic of'.
原始詞典資料5 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
outlandishadj/ˌaʊtˈlændɪʃ/
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archaicOf or from a foreign country; not indigenous or native; alien, foreign.
- [W]e haue bꝛokẽ thy ſtatutes ⁊ cõmaundementes agayne, ⁊ mengled o^ꝛ ſelues wᵗ the vnclẽnes of the outlandiſh heithen.
- Apiſhneſſe rides in a Chariot made of nothing but cages, in which are all the ſtrangeſt out-landiſh Birds that can be gotten: […]
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Appearing to be foreign; strange, unfamiliar.
- I believe, Lady, your Ladyſhip obſerved a young VVoman at Church yeſterday at Even-ſong, vvho vvas dreſt in one of your outlandiſh Garments; I think I have ſeen your Ladyſhip in ſuch a one. Hovvever, in the Country, ſuch Dreſſes are / Rara avis in Terris, nigroq; ſimillima Cycno, / That is, Madam, as much to ſay, / A rare Bird upon the Earth, and very like a black Svvan.
- Roast beef and plum pudding are also held in superstitious veneration, and port and sherry maintain their grounds as the only true English wines; all others being considered vile outlandish beverages.
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Greatly different from common experience; bizarre, outrageous, strange.
- The rock star wore black with outlandish pink and green spiked hair.
- [T]hoſe Laſciuious, Immodeſt, VVhoriſh, or vngodly Faſhions, and Attires, vvhich Metamorphiſe, and Transforme, our Light, and Giddie Females of the Superior and Gentile ranke, into ſundry Antique, Horred, and Out-landiſh ſhapes, from day, to day: […]
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derogatoryOf a place: far away from where most people are located; in the middle of nowhere, out of the way, remote.
- It will be very convenient to have a medical man—if he is clever—in one's own parish. I get dreadfully nervous sometimes, living in such an outlandish place; and Sherton is so far to send to.
- I will take this occasion of adding that we are both enjoying ourselves in these outlandish parts, and only wish for the presence of our friends (yourself and John, to wit) to make the trip perfectly enjoyable as it promises to be instructive.
outlandishnoun/ˌaʊtˈlændɪʃ/
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obsoleteA foreign language.
- [H]ovv ſoone God from Heaven had ſent His fiery tongues upon His Apoſtles; the Devill from hell preſently ſent for his fiery tongues, and put them in the mouthes of his Apoſtles, to diſgrace and ſcoffe at thoſe of God's ſending. […] [T]heſe good fellovves have been at it, and novv they can ſpeake nothing but outlandiſh: ſome little broken Greek or Latine they had, and novv out it comes.
- Never ſtir if that Gentleman ben't the ſame that vve ſee'd at the Painting Man's, that vvas ſo zivil to Mother, only he has got a black VVig on, and ſpeaks outlandiſh.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。