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資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Sort \Sort\, n. [F. sorie (cf. It. sorta, sorte), from L. sors,
   sorti, a lot, part, probably akin to serere to connect. See
   {Series}, and cf. {Assort}, {Consort}, {Resort}, {Sorcery},
   {Sort} lot.]
   1. A kind or species; any number or collection of individual
      persons or things characterized by the same or like
      qualities; a class or order; as, a sort of men; a sort of
      horses; a sort of trees; a sort of poems.

   2. Manner; form of being or acting.

            Which for my part I covet to perform, In sort as
            through the world I did proclaim.     --Spenser.

            Flowers, in such sort worn, can neither be smelt nor
            seen well by those that wear them.    --Hooker.

            I'll deceive you in another sort.     --Shak.

            To Adam in what sort Shall I appear?  --Milton.

            I shall not be wholly without praise, if in some
            sort I have copied his style.         --Dryden.

   3. Condition above the vulgar; rank. [Obs.] --Shak.

   4. A chance group; a company of persons who happen to be
      together; a troop; also, an assemblage of animals. [Obs.]
      ``A sort of shepherds.'' --Spenser. ``A sort of steers.''
      --Spenser. ``A sort of doves.'' --Dryden. ``A sort of
      rogues.'' --Massinger.

            A boy, a child, and we a sort of us, Vowed against
            his voyage.                           --Chapman.

   5. A pair; a set; a suit. --Johnson.

   6. pl. (Print.) Letters, figures, points, marks, spaces, or
      quadrats, belonging to a case, separately considered.

   {Out of sorts} (Print.), with some letters or sorts of type
      deficient or exhausted in the case or font; hence,
      colloquially, out of order; ill; vexed; disturbed.

   {To run upon sorts} (Print.), to use or require a greater
      number of some particular letters, figures, or marks than
      the regular proportion, as, for example, in making an
      index.

   Syn: Kind; species; rank; condition.

   Usage: {Sort}, {Kind}. Kind originally denoted things of the
          same family, or bound together by some natural
          affinity; and hence, a class. Sort signifies that
          which constitutes a particular lot of parcel, not
          implying necessarily the idea of affinity, but of mere
          assemblage. the two words are now used to a great
          extent interchangeably, though sort (perhaps from its
          original meaning of lot) sometimes carries with it a
          slight tone of disparagement or contempt, as when we
          say, that sort of people, that sort of language.



   {Out of harm's way}, beyond the danger limit; in a safe
      place.

   {Out of joint}, not in proper connection or adjustment;
      unhinged; disordered. ``The time is out of joint.''
      --Shak.

   {Out of mind}, not in mind; forgotten; also, beyond the limit
      of memory; as, time out of mind.

   {Out of one's head}, beyond commanding one's mental powers;
      in a wandering state mentally; delirious. [Colloq.]

   {Out of one's time}, beyond one's period of minority or
      apprenticeship.

   {Out of order}, not in proper order; disarranged; in
      confusion.

   {Out of place}, not in the usual or proper place; hence, not
      proper or becoming.

   {Out of pocket}, in a condition of having expended or lost
      more money than one has received.

   {Out of print}, not in market, the edition printed being
      exhausted; -- said of books, pamphlets, etc.

   {Out of the question}, beyond the limits or range of
      consideration; impossible to be favorably considered.

   {Out of reach}, beyond one's reach; inaccessible.

   {Out of season}, not in a proper season or time; untimely;
      inopportune.

   {Out of sorts}, wanting certain things; unsatisfied; unwell;
      unhappy; cross. See under {Sort}, n.

   {Out of temper}, not in good temper; irritated; angry.

   {Out of time}, not in proper time; too soon, or too late.

   {Out of time}, not in harmony; discordant; hence, not in an
      agreeing temper; fretful.

   {Out of twist}, {winding}, or {wind}, not in warped
      condition; perfectly plain and smooth; -- said of
      surfaces.

   {Out of use}, not in use; unfashionable; obsolete.

   {Out of the way}.
      (a) On one side; hard to reach or find; secluded.
      (b) Improper; unusual; wrong.

   {Out of the woods}, not in a place, or state, of obscurity or
      doubt; free from difficulty or perils; safe. [Colloq.]

   {Out to out}, from one extreme limit to another, including
      the whole length, breadth, or thickness; -- applied to
      measurements.

   {Out West}, in or towards, the West; specifically, in some
      Western State or Territory. [U. S.]

   {To come out}, {To cut out}, {To fall out}, etc. See under
      {Come}, {Cut}, {Fall}, etc.

   {To put out of the way}, to kill; to destroy.

   {Week in, week out}. See {Day in, day out} (above).