the open

n [sing] 1 open space or country; the open air 户外; 野外; 露天: The children love playing out in the open. 孩子们喜欢在户外玩耍. Cf 参看 in the open air. 2 (idm 习语) bring sth/be/come (out) in(to) the `open make (esp secret plans, ideas, etc) known publicly; be/become known publicly 公开（尤指秘密计画、 想法等）; 人人皆知: Now the scandal is out in the open, the President will have a lot of questions to answer. 由於丑事已公开, 总统有许多问题要答覆.

the morning star, the National Debt, the near distance, the Near East, the negative, the Netherlands, the New Testament, the New World, the next, the North Country, the North Pole, the northern lights, the occult, the old, the old country, the old guard, the Old Testament, the Old World, the Olympic Games, the once, the open sea, the open season, the Open University, the oppressed, the other day, the outdoors, the Peak District, the Philippines, the Pilgrim Fathers (also the Pilgrims), the Pleistocene, the Pliocene, the poor, the positive, the press, the Press Association (abbr 缩写 PA), the priesthood, the public, the Queen's English, the rag trade, the rank and file,