mark out

英 [mɑːk aʊt]

美 [mɑːrk aʊt]

标出; 给…划界; 使与众不同

柯林斯词典

PHRASAL VERB 划界;画线分出
Tomark outan area or shape means to show where it begins and ends.
1. When planting seedlings I prefer to mark out the rows in advance.
  种树苗的时候，我喜欢事先划出行来。
PHRASAL VERB 使具有…特色;使…与众不同
If a particular quality or featuremarkssomeone or somethingout, it makes them obviously different from other people or things.
1. There were several things about that evening that marked it out as very unusual...
  那晚因几件事情显得非同寻常。
2. It does not appear to possess any of the obvious signs that would mark it out as a restaurant...
  它似乎没有一处明显的标志让它看上去像一家饭店。
3. Her independence of spirit marked her out from her male fellow officers.
  她的独立精神使她有别于共事的男性军官。

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