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outer

adjective
 
🔊/ˈaʊtə(r)/
🔊/ˈaʊtər/
[only before noun]
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  1.  
     on the outside of something外表的；外边的 synonym external
    • the outer layers of the skin皮肤表层
    • While the chassis is made of steel, the outer shell is plastic. 底盘是钢制的，而外壳是塑料的。
    • The attackers began to enter through the outer walls. 攻击者开始通过外墙进入。
    • The stair winds up between the inner and outer walls of the house.楼梯在房子的内壁和外壁之间弯曲。
  2.  
     furthest from the inside or centre of something远离中心的；外围的
    • I walked along the outer edge of the track.我沿着跑道的外缘走。🔊🔊
    • the outer suburbs of the city城市的远郊
    • Outer London/Mongolia伦敦的外围地区；外蒙古
    • (figurative) to explore the outer (= most extreme) limits of human experience探索人类经验的极限
    3. opposite inner
    Word Originlate Middle English: from out + -er, replacing earlier utter in its obsolete sense ‘outer’.