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語源

From 中期英語 outlete, outeleate, ut-lete, derived from 中期英語 outleten (“to allow, let out, emit”), equivalent to out- +‎ let. Compare West Frisian útlit (“outlet”), Dutch uitlaat (“outlet”), German Auslass (“outlet”).

発音

• IPA: /ˈaʊtlɛt/, /ˈaʊtlɪt/

名詞

outlet (plural outlets)

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.

   • 1865, Walt Whitman, “When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom’d”, in Sequel to Drum-Taps: When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom’d and other poems:

     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.

派生語

派生した語

• → Pohnpeian: audled

アナグラム

• let out, let-out