资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Taking-off \Tak"ing-off`\, n.
   1. (Print.) The removal of sheets from the press. [Eng.]

   2. Act of presenting a take-off, or burlesque imitation.

Taking-off \Tak"ing-off`\, n.
   Removal; murder. See {To take off}
   (c), under {Take}, v. t.

             The deep damnation of his taking-off. --Shak.