单词 | take off |
释义 | take off 1. phrasal verb A2 When an aeroplane takes off, it leaves the ground and starts flying. We eventually took off at 11 o'clock and arrived in Venice at 1.30. [VERB PARTICLE] 2. phrasal verb B2 If something such as a product, an activity, or someone's career takes off, it suddenly becomes very successful. They need to include more people if the scheme's going to really take off. [VERB PARTICLE] In 1944, he met Edith Piaf, and his career took off. [VERB PARTICLE] 3. phrasal verb If you take off or take yourself off, you go away, often suddenly and unexpectedly. He took off at once and headed back to the motel. [VERB PARTICLE] He took himself off to Mexico. [VERB pronoun-reflexive PARTICLE] 4. phrasal verb A2 If you take a garment off, you remove it. He wouldn't take his hat off. [VERB noun PARTICLE] She took off her spectacles. [VERB PARTICLE noun] 5. phrasal verb B1 If you take time off, you obtain permission not to go to work for a short period of time. Mitchel's schedule had not permitted him to take time off. [VERB noun PARTICLE] She took two days off work. [VERB noun PARTICLE noun] 6. phrasal verb B2 If you take someone off, you make them go with you to a particular place, especially when they do not want to go there. The police stopped her and took her off to a police station. [V n P prep/adv] Martinez was taken off to jail. [V n P prep/adv] 7. phrasal verb If you take someone off, you imitate them and the things that they do and say, in such a way that you make other people laugh. [mainly British] Mike can take off his father to perfection. [VERB PARTICLE noun] 8. phrasal verb B2 If something such as a service or entertainment is taken off, it is withdrawn so that people can no longer use it or watch it. A popular programme was taken off as a result of political pressure. [be VERB-ed PARTICLE] The network took it off the air in 1971. [VERB noun PARTICLE noun] 9. See also takeoff See full dictionary entry for take Translations: Chinese: 起飞 Japanese: 脱ぐ |
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