Strange in a bold, modern, arty way — far outside what most people do or wear or make. If you call a piece of music or a hairstyle or a painting way-out, you are saying it has gone a long distance from normal, and usually you are half-admiring it for that. It is not an insult like 'weird' can be; it is closer to 'wild', 'far out', 'out there'.

Strange in a bold, modern, arty way大膽、新潮、藝術性的那種怪 — far outside what most people do or wear or make遠遠超出大部分人做的、穿的或做出來的東西。If you call a piece of music or a hairstyle or a painting way-out如果你說一段音樂、一種髮型或一幅畫way-out，you are saying it has gone a long distance from normal你是在說它離正常已經很遠了，and usually you are half-admiring it for that而且通常帶著一點欣賞。It is not an insult like 'weird' can be它不像「weird」那樣是種侮辱；it is closer to 'wild', 'far out', 'out there'比較接近「wild」、「far out」、「out there」這幾個字。

Two important things about this word.

Two important things about this word關於這個字有兩件重要的事。

First, it is dated. It belongs to the 1950s and 60s — jazz, hippies, the first wave of modern art reaching ordinary people. Older speakers say it naturally; a young person today would more likely say 'out there' or 'wild'. If you use it now, it may sound like you are quoting your grandparents, sometimes on purpose, as a joke.

First, it is dated第一，它是過時的用法。It belongs to the 1950s and 60s它屬於1950、60年代 — jazz, hippies, the first wave of modern art reaching ordinary people爵士樂、嬉皮、現代藝術第一波傳到一般人生活裡的那個年代。Older speakers say it naturally年紀較大的人會很自然地這樣說；a young person today would more likely say 'out there' or 'wild'現在的年輕人比較會說「out there」或「wild」。If you use it now如果你現在用這個字，it may sound like you are quoting your grandparents聽起來可能像在引用你祖父母的說法，sometimes on purpose, as a joke有時候是故意這樣說當作玩笑。

Second, it is spelled with a hyphen and used before a noun or after 'be': a way-out idea, that outfit is way-out. Keep the hyphen, because 'a way out' with no hyphen is a completely different thing — an exit, or an escape from a difficult situation, and that meaning is far more common in modern English.

Second, it is spelled with a hyphen and used before a noun or after 'be'第二，它要加連字號，用在名詞前面或be動詞後面：a way-out ideaa way-out idea，that outfit is way-outthat outfit is way-out。Keep the hyphen要記得加連字號，because 'a way out' with no hyphen is a completely different thing因為沒有連字號的「a way out」是完全不同的東西 — an exit, or an escape from a difficult situation出口，或是從困境中脫身的辦法，and that meaning is far more common in modern English而且這個意思在現代英文裡常見得多。