outdoors
outdoors — adverb
1. outside a building, with no roof over you
outside a building, with no roof over you
The children ate outdoors under a striped tent by the lake.
verb + outdoors for location
After the kitchen filled with smoke, everyone waited outdoors.
Mina prefers to study outdoors when the weather stays cool.
At camp, the dog slept outdoors beside the back steps.
Because the hall was full, dinner was served outdoors in the yard.
- outside
is the closest everyday alternative and is more common in many situations
- out
is more conversational and can have other meanings besides being outside
- in the open air
is less common and sounds more literary or old-fashioned
文法句型
eat outdoors
sleep outdoors
go outdoors
用法筆記
Often follows verbs like eat, play, wait, and sleep. Distinguish from noun/1, which names outdoor life or space itself and usually appears as 'the outdoors'.
常見錯誤
outdoors — noun
1. the space beyond walls and roofs, especially as a place for living, working, or
the space beyond walls and roofs, especially as a place for living, working, or enjoying yourself
Grandpa enjoys the outdoors and comes home calmer after long hikes.
core pattern: enjoy the outdoors
City jobs never suited Rosa, who has always loved the outdoors.
verb + the outdoors
After months at a desk, Ben missed the outdoors badly.
The guide introduced village children to the outdoors through weekend walks.
For Leah, the outdoors is a better classroom than four walls.
- nature
often adds the idea of wild or natural places, not just being outside
- the open air
is closer in meaning but is less common in everyday modern English
- outside
is simpler, but it usually works as an adverb or preposition instead of this noun
- indoors
life or space inside buildings
文法句型
love the outdoors
enjoy the outdoors
time in the outdoors
用法筆記
Usually appears as 'the outdoors' after verbs such as love, enjoy, miss, and prefer. Distinguish from adverb/1, which tells you where something happens rather than naming the place or way of life.