| 释义 |
off duty, off-duty, phr. (adv.) and a.
[f. off prep., off- 4 b + duty.]
Of a person: not engaged or occupied with one's normal work; of things, actions, etc.: of, pertaining to, or suggestive of this state. Hence ellipt. as n., time spent off duty.
1851H. Mayo Pop. Superst. (ed. 2) 79 The attention is off duty. 1852[see duty 5 e]. 1903‘G. Thorne’ When it was Dark iii. v. 352 The ship..wore a somewhat neglected, ‘off-duty’ aspect. 1904Daily Chron. 23 Dec. 4/4 The off-duty policeman. 1937D. L. Sayers Busman's Honeymoon vii. 153, I like to do a bit o' reading in my off-duty. 1946Nature 9 Nov. 646/2 To provide facilities for adults to educate themselves in their off-duty hours. 1962R. P. Jhabvala Get Ready for Battle iv. 173 Joginder yawned, the luxurious off-duty yawn of a hardworking man. 1968K. O'Hara Bird-Cage xxii. 180 Maureen took her off-duty in the morning. 1973W. J. Burley Death in Salubrious Place i. 14 As on other off-duty Sundays, at twelve o'clock Matthew went into the Seymour Arms. |