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资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Off \Off\, adv. [OE. of, orig. the same word as R. of, prep.,
AS. of, adv. & prep. [root]194. See {Of}.]
In a general sense, denoting from or away from; as:
1. Denoting distance or separation; as, the house is a mile
off.
2. Denoting the action of removing or separating; separation;
as, to take off the hat or cloak; to cut off, to pare off,
to clip off, to peel off, to tear off, to march off, to
fly off, and the like.
3. Denoting a leaving, abandonment, departure, abatement,
interruption, or remission; as, the fever goes off; the
pain goes off; the game is off; all bets are off.
4. Denoting a different direction; not on or towards: away;
as, to look off.
5. Denoting opposition or negation. [Obs.]
The questions no way touch upon puritanism, either
off or on. --Bp.
Sanderson.
{From off}, off from; off. ``A live coal . . . taken with the
tongs from off the altar.'' --Is. vi. 6.
{Off and on}.
(a) Not constantly; not regularly; now and then;
occasionally.
(b) (Naut.) On different tacks, now toward, and now away
from, the land.
{To be off}.
(a) To depart; to escape; as, he was off without a
moment's warning.
(b) To be abandoned, as an agreement or purpose; as, the
bet was declared to be off. [Colloq.]
{To come off}, {To cut off}, {To fall off}, {To go off}, etc.
See under {Come}, {Cut}, {Fall}, {Go}, etc.
{To get off}.
(a) To utter; to discharge; as, to get off a joke.
(b) To go away; to escape; as, to get off easily from a
trial. [Colloq.]
{To take off}, to mimic or personate.
Off \Off\, interj.
Away; begone; -- a command to depart.
Off \Off\, prep.
Not on; away from; as, to be off one's legs or off the bed;
two miles off the shore. --Addison.
{Off hand}. See {Offhand}.
{Off side}
(Football), out of play; -- said when a player has got in
front of the ball in a scrimmage, or when the ball
has been last touched by one of his own side
behind him.
{To be off color}, to be of a wrong color.
Off \Off\, a.
1. On the farther side; most distant; on the side of an
animal or a team farthest from the driver when he is on
foot; in the United States, the right side; as, the off
horse or ox in a team, in distinction from the {nigh} or
{near} horse or ox; the off leg.
2. Designating a time when one is not strictly attentive to
business or affairs, or is absent from his post, and,
hence, a time when affairs are not urgent; as, he took an
off day for fishing: an off year in politics. ``In the off
season.'' --Thackeray.
{Off side}.
(a) The right hand side in driving; the farther side. See
{Gee}.
(b) (Cricket) See {Off}, n.
Off \Off\, n. (Cricket)
The side of the field that is on the right of the wicket
keeper.
资料来源 : WordNet®
off
adj 1: not in operation or operational; "the oven is off"; "the
lights are off" [ant: {on}]
2: below a satisfactory level; "an off year for tennis"; "his
performance was off"
3: (of events) no longer planned or scheduled; "the wedding is
definitely off" [syn: {cancelled}] [ant: {on}]
4: in an unpalatable state; "sour milk" [syn: {sour}, {turned}]
5: not performing or scheduled for duties; "He's off every
Tuesday"; "he was off duty when it happened"; "an off-duty
policeman" [syn: {off(p)}, {off duty(p)}, {off-duty(a)}]
[also: {offer}]
off
adv 1: from a particular thing or place or position (`forth' is
obsolete); "ran away from the lion"; "wanted to get
away from there"; "sent the children away to boarding
school"; "the teacher waved the children away from the
dead animal"; "went off to school"; "they drove off";
"go forth and preach" [syn: {away}, {forth}]
2: at a distance in space or time; "the boat was 5 miles off
(or away)"; "the party is still 2 weeks off (or away)";
"away back in the 18th century" [syn: {away}]
3: no longer on or in contact or attached; "clean off the
dirt"; "he shaved off his mustache"
[also: {offer}]