单词 | off |
释义 | off2 /of US: af; of/ adverbial particle (For special uses with off as an adverbial particle such as go off: turn sth off the v entries.) (off 作副词接语的特殊用法如 go off, turn sth off, 参看 go, turn 等动词 o) 1 (indicating distance in space or time) departure, removal, separation at or to a distance: away: (表示空间或时间的距离) 离去; 移去; 除去; 离开; 在远处; 至远处: The town is five miles off. 那个城在五哩外。 We're still some way off, from our destination. 我们距离目的地还有一些路。 The holidays are not far off. 假期不远了。 Why don't you have that long beard off, cut off, shaved off? 你为什么不把那么长的胡子剃掉 (或剪短)? He's off to London. 他到伦敦去了。 it's time I was off// must be off now, I must leave now. 是我该走的时候了 (我得走啦) 。 We're off/Off we go! We've started/We're starting! 我们走啦 (我们要走啦)! They're off! (in racing) The race has started! (赛跑) 比赛已经开始了!他们已经起跑了 ! Off with him! Take him away! 把他赶走! Off with his head! Cut his head off! 快牯他的头! 2 (contrasted with on) indicating the ending of sth arranged, planned, etc: (与 on 相对) 表示经安排、计划等之事的借束: Their engagement (ie to marry) is off/broken off, ended. 他们的婚约取消了。 The miners' strike is off, will not now take place. U 工罢工已经取消了。 3 (contrasted with on) disconnected; no longer available: (与 on 相对) 中断的; 没有了: The water/gas/electricity is off. 自来水 (煤气,电) 没有了; 自来水 (煤气,电) 停了。 Are the brakes off? 煞车松开了吗? The central heating is off. 中央暖气系统停了。 That dish is off, (in a restaurant) no more of that dish is available (even though it is on the menu). (餐馆中) 那一样菜没有了 (虽然菜单上列有) 。 4 indicating absence or freedom from work or duty: 表示缺席、不在、不工作或责任的免除: I think I'll take the afternoon off, not do my usual work, etc. 我想我下午要休假。 The manager gave the staff a day off, a day's holiday. 经理放全体职员一天假。 You mustn't take time off (=stay away from work) just because you want to see a football match. 你不可以只是为了想着一场足球赛而休假。 5 (of food) no longer fresh: (指食物) 不新麝: This fish has gone slightly off, is beginning to smell or taste rather bad. 这鱼看点不新鲜了。 6 (in a theatre) behind or at the side (sof. the stage: (戏院中) 在舞台后方或两旁: Noises off, eg as a stage direction in a printed play. 舞台外发出声咅 (如剧本中的舞台说明) 。 7 (phrases) (片语) off 。九 (US) (美) = off (prep), on and off; off and on, from time to time; now and again; irregularly: '不时; 断断绩续地; 间歇地; 不规则地: It rained on and off all day. 整天曲断续领地下着雨。 badly/comfortably/wH off, these adverbs. 参看各副词。 better / worse off, → better1 (1), worse right / straight off. at once; im mediately. 立刻; 立即。 |
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