| 词组 | put out |
| 释义 | put out 1. put out sth • put sth out to make a light stop working by pressing or turning a switch: ▪ Don't forget to put the lights out before you leave the building. ▪ She turned over and put out the bedside lamp. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑switch off, ↑turn off ■ OPPOSITE: put on 2. put out sth • put sth out to make a fire, cigarette, or candle stop burning: ▪ Please stay in your seats and put out your cigarettes. ▪ We fetched buckets of water and old blankets and quickly put out the flames. ▪ Eventually the Fire Service put the fire out, but by then both women had died from smoke inhalation. ■ SIMILAR TO: extinguish formal 3. put sb out to cause extra work or trouble for someone, especially by asking them to help you: ▪ Thanks for letting me use your car. I hope I'm not putting you out. ■ SIMILAR TO: inconvenience formal 4. put yourself out to use a lot of effort or time in order to help someone, when this is not convenient for you: ▪ He felt he had already put himself out by agreeing to see Dougal at such short notice. for ▪ You're my friend - of course I don't mind putting myself out for you. 5. put out sth • put sth out to produce an official statement, warning, or request, or official information, for people to read or listen to: ▪ Then in July, BP put out a public statement saying that it had made a huge discovery of oil in Colombia. ▪ A lot of the information that is put out on the Internet is not totally accurate. ▪ Mr Probyn later put out a TV appeal for his wife to come home. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑issue 6. put out sth • put sth out to produce a record, book, or other product and make it available for people to buy: ▪ The band put out a string of hit records in the early sixties. ▪ an exciting new men's magazine put out by Dennis Publishing ■ SIMILAR TO: produce, ↑bring out 7. put out sth • put sth out to broadcast a programme on the television or the radio: ▪ Shows that contain a lot of sex or bad language are usually put out after 9 o'clock. ■ SIMILAR TO: broadcast 8. put out sth • put sth out to move your hand, arm, foot etc forward, especially in order to touch someone or something: ▪ When he put out his hand to shake hands with her, she just ignored him. ▪ Kate put her arms out and embraced her sister. 9. put your tongue out/put out your tongue to push your tongue out of your mouth, especially as a rude sign to someone: ▪ The little boy put his tongue out and ran away. ■ SIMILAR TO: stick out your tongue 10. be put out to feel annoyed, upset, or offended by something: ▪ We were a little put out at not being invited to the wedding. ▪ Piers didn't look in the slightest bit put out by this statement. 11. put out sth • put sth out to put something somewhere for people to use, eat, look at etc: ▪ I'll put out the knives and forks on the table. ▪ Every night she used to clean his shoes and put them out for him in the morning. 12. put out sth • put sth out to take something outside your house and leave it there: ▪ Eric was just about to put out the washing when the rain started. ▪ Did you remember to put out the trash? 13. put out sth • put sth out if you put out your shoulder, back, neck etc, you injure it, especially by stretching or twisting it too much: ▪ Catherine put her back out trying to carry a box of books up the stairs. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑strain 14. put out sth • put sth out if a plant or tree puts out leaves, flowers etc, it starts to grow them: ▪ The roses have already started to put out new buds. ■ SIMILAR TO: produce 15. put sb out BrE to make someone unconscious before a medical operation: ▪ One patient later claimed that they hadn't put him out properly before his operation. ■ SIMILAR TO: anaesthetize 16. put out AmE spoken informal if a woman puts out, she has sex with a man: ▪ Doug said Kelley put out last night. 17. put out (to sea) if a ship puts out to sea, it starts to sail away from a port or from the land: ▪ Ships were regularly putting out to sea with their bow doors open. ■ SIMILAR TO: set sail |
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