outmetalとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (英国発音) IPA^(key): /aʊtˈmɛtəl/

動詞

outmetal (三人称単数 現在形 outmetals, 現在分詞 outmetalling, 過去形および過去分詞形 outmetalled)

1. (transitive) To surpass (an enemy etc.) in terms of firepower.
   • 1933, Edward John Thompson, Damascus Lies North, p. 272:

     The enemy, outnumbered, outmetalled, outfed, outmanoeuvred, outfought, was being driven backward by foes invisible as well as visible.

   • 1998, John Keegan, The First World War, Vintage 2000, p. 91:

     The French VIII Corps […] was overwhelmed; its artillery was outmetalled by the heavier German guns, under the fire of which the German infantry drove the French from one position after another.