情緒和精力的出口
把積在管子裡的東西換成積在人心裡的東西：情緒、精力、想法一直累積，總得有個地方出去。
outlet (for feelings) · noun · B1
a way of showing or letting out strong feelings, energy, or ideas.
發洩途徑；出路
核心畫面
Picture a pipe with an opening at the end: whatever is inside has been building up, and here is where it gets out. Everything this word does keeps that shape — the point where something under pressure finally reaches the outside. Water gets out of a pipe, power gets out of a wall, goods get out to buyers, and feelings get out of a person.
可以想成：一根管子末端的開口——裡面的東西一直累積，而這裡就是它出來的地方。這個字所有的用法都保留這個形狀：某個被積…更多收起
可以想成：一根管子末端的開口——裡面的東西一直累積，而這裡就是它出來的地方。這個字所有的用法都保留這個形狀：某個被積著的東西，終於通到外面的那個點。水從管口出來、電從牆上的孔出來、商品從店裡出到買家手上、情緒從一個人身上出來——英文用的都是同一個字。From the picture
商品流向買家的出口
把出口用在生意上：工廠做出來的東西要有地方流出去到消費者手上，那個點就是店。
retail outlet · noun · B1
A shop, company, or other business that sells a maker's goods to the people who buy them.
經銷店；銷售點
Also in this word
outlet (pipe/hole) · noun · A2
A pipe or hole that liquid or gas flows out through.
出口；排放口
electrical outlet · noun · A2
a place on a wall where you can connect electrical equipment to get power (American English).
（電源）插座
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。
outletnoun/ˈaʊtlɛt/
- 1
A vent or similar passage to allow the escape of something.
- 2
Something which allows for the release of one's desires.
- Jamie found doing martial arts was a great outlet for her stress.
- Song of the bleeding throat, / Death’s outlet song of life, (for well dear brother I know, / If thou wast not granted to sing thou would’st surely die.)
- 3
A river that runs out of a lake.
- 4
A shop that sells the products of a particular manufacturer or supplier.
- 5
A wall-mounted socket connected to an electrical power supply, at which current can be taken to run electrical devices.
- I had to move the cupboard to get to the power outlet.
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。