🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

超过

Pronunciation / Transliteration: chāoguò

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Outstrip/aʊtˈstrɪp/
verbCEFR C1 (Advanced)Top #6500 frequency
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"需求超过了供应。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As verb
  1. 1

    To move faster or further than someone else; to outrun or leave behind in a race.

    "The lead runner managed to outstrip the rest of the pack in the final lap."
  2. 2

    To exceed, surpass, or be greater in quantity, degree, or success than something else.

    "Demand for the new electric vehicle has far outstripped current production capacity."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the combination of the English prefix 'out-' (meaning to surpass or exceed) and the verb 'strip' (originally meaning to track or run, from Old Norse 'stripa'). The term emerged in the late 16th century, initially retaining a physical sense of running faster or leaving behind in a race, before broadening to metaphorically describe surpassing in amount, degree, or success.

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