English Dictionary

out-and-out

形容詞

限定用法 比較不可

Complete, utter. / (animal husbandry) thoroughly cross-bred; a breeding strategy esp. with poultry where new roosters are circulated yearly to maintain a mongrel flock.

日本語の意味

完全な、徹底した / （家畜繁殖において）完全に混交した、または（特に鶏の飼育において）毎年新たな雄鶏を循環させることで雑種群を維持する繁殖戦略

The company's out-and-out rejection of the proposal took everyone by surprise.

その会社の提案に対する全面的な拒否は、皆を驚かせた。

意味（1）

Complete, utter.

He is an out-and-out idiot.

意味（2）

(animal husbandry) thoroughly cross-bred; a breeding strategy esp. with poultry where new roosters are circulated yearly to maintain a mongrel flock.

For my own part I would sooner eat bread-and-cheese and know myself the possessor of an out-and-out horse, than sell him for the privilege of dining with the Lord Mayor and Court of Aldermen every day in the year.