outing
/ˈaʊtɪŋ/noun
1
- a trip taken for pleasure, especially one lasting a day or less（尤指一日内的）外出游玩：
they would go on family outings to the movies.
他们会全家出去看电影。
1.1
- a brief journey from home出门, 外出：
her daily outing to the shops.
她每天例行的外出购物。
1.2
- informal an appearance in something, especially a sporting event or film〈非正式〉（尤指在体育项目或电影中的）出场：
Madonna's first screen outing in three years.
麦当娜三年来的首次银幕亮相。
2
- mass noun the practice or policy of revealing the homosexuality of a prominent person公开知名人士同性恋身份的做法（或政策）。
词源
late Middle English （in the sense 'the action of going out or of expelling'）： from the verb OUT + -ING1 .