| 释义 |
off form, off-form, phr. and a.
[f. off prep. + form n.]
In poor condition; ‘out of form’ (see form n. 16).
1912C. Mathewson Pitching in a Pinch 142 The Chicago pitchers were away off form in the series. 1961Times 20 Feb. 6/2 Mr. Ferber sounded a little off-form. 1965Listener 24 June 930/1 There is scarcely a topic in the history of science that has attracted more great men to it—yet found them so sadly off-form—than the question of whether his intelligence is inherited or due to his upbringing. 1972H. A. Williams True Resurrection ii. 35 They don't say, ‘He's not as good as he was,’ but just, ‘He's off-form today.’ 1976Listener 26 Feb. 250/2 The musicians may be tired, off-form. |