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单词 drive off
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to drive off
to drive off
1. transitive. To defer or postpone (something); to make (a person) wait, esp. by wasting time; to put off. Also in to drive off time: to procrastinate. Also (and in earliest use) intransitive. Obsolete.Cf. main sense 31.
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the world > time > spending time > spend time or allow time to pass [verb (transitive)]
overdoOE
adreeOE
wreaka1300
to draw forthc1300
dispend1340
pass1340
drivea1375
wastec1381
occupyc1384
overpassa1387
to pass over ——a1393
usec1400
spend1423
contrive?a1475
overdrive1487
consumea1500
to pass forth1509
to drive off1517
lead1523
to ride out1529
to wear out, forth1530
to pass away?1550
to put offc1550
shiftc1562
to tire out1563
wear1567
to drive out1570
entertainc1570
expire1589
tire1589
outwear1590
to see out1590
outrun1592
outgo1595
overshoot1597
to pass out1603
fleeta1616
elapse1654
term1654
trickle1657
to put over1679
absorb1686
spin1696
exercise1711
kill1728
to get through ——1748
to get over ——1751
tickc1870
fill1875
1517 S. Hawes Pastime of Pleasure (1928) xvi. 66 Dryue of no lenger, but tell me your mynde.
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 529/2 I drive of a thynge, I dyffar it, je differre.
a1591 H. Smith Serm. (1593) 1016 The bad Lawyer driues off his Client from terme to terme, till the suite be lost.
a1656 Bp. J. Hall Shaking of Olive-tree (1660) ii. 121 Too long have we driven off the applying of our redress.
1695 tr. Duc de Richelieu Compleat Statesman ii. iv. 13 It is a common thing among weak Men to drive off time, and to chuse the preserving of their Ease for a Month rather than to deprive themselves of it for a while.
2.
a. intransitive. Of a ship or its crew: to be carried away by the wind, waves, etc. Obsolete.Cf. main sense 9b.
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society > travel > travel by water > action or motion of vessel > [verb (intransitive)] > make progress > drift
to drive with the weather1526
to drive off1617
drift1762
1617 T. Spurway in S. Purchas Pilgrimes (1625) I. v. iii. 612 The same night..either they let the Ship driue, or cut the Cables, and so droue off in the night.
1744 J. Philips Authentic Jrnl. Exped. Anson 192 The Prize drove off from her Moorings.
1853 Morning Chron. 21 Sept. 3/1 A sea struck the ship, and carried her into a reef...The ship drove off immediately afterwards, but not without tearing away her rudder.
b. intransitive. To go away or depart in a car or other vehicle. Also of a vehicle: to move away from a place, under the control of a driver.
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1801 ‘Gabrielli’ Mysterious Husband II. 200 The attending servant having smacked to the door, they drove off in a moment.
1814 J. Austen Mansfield Park I. viii. 166 The carriage drove off amid the good wishes of the two remaining ladies.
1988 E. White Beautiful Room is Empty (1989) x. 198 Once the van had driven off, the cops pushed us slowly back from the bar entrance.
2005 Independent 1 Feb. (Motoring section) 2/1 More than a third of British drivers admit to pranging another car, then driving off, according to a new survey.
3. transitive. To cause (a volatile component) to leave a substance as vapour, by heating.
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1677 E. Browne Acct. Trav. Germany 135 Their..driving Furnace, where the Litharge is driven off.
1805 W. Saunders Treat. Mineral Waters (ed. 2) 38 Boiling..drives off the excess of carbonic acid, and thus causes the chalk to be precipitated.
1874 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. I. 423/1 Copper and other ores are calcined, to drive off the sulphur.
1938 R. Hum Chem. for Engin. Students xvi. 388 Boiling with lime in water is therefore employed to drive off the ammonia.
2008 P. Abrahams Beneath Surface 64/2 Slaked lime is developed by extracting limestone from a quarry, roasting it in a kiln to drive off the water and then ‘slaking’ it in water.
4. intransitive. Golf. To hit the ball from the tee.Cf. main sense 8c.
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1873 Bell's Life in London 13 Dec. 9/1 After lunch the second round was commenced. Mr Gosset and Capt Molesworth both drove off well.
1913 Youth's Compan. 25 Sept. 504/2 ‘You drive off from here, sir,’ said the caddie, pointing to the tee, ‘and you've got to put the ball in that little hole with the red flag flying above it.’
2020 Sun (Nexis) 12 Nov. The two tee start saw 1988 champion Sandy Lyle hit the first shot on No 10, while Lucas Glover of Australia drove off on the first.
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drive off
a. Expressing motion or direction from a place: to a distance, away, quite away; as in to go off, run off, drive off. to be off: to get going; to go away. be off with you: get going; go away (cf. off (with you)! at sense A. 8b). Also expressing resistance to motion towards: as in to beat off, hang off, keep off, ward off.
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the world > space > direction > [adverb] > away from some thing or place
awayeOE
outeOE
frowardOE
offOE
yondwardc1275
yonwarda1387
waywardsc1390
fromwarda1547
offward1582
fromwardsa1661
orf1845
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OE Blickling Homilies 5 Man sceolde mid sare on þas world cuman..& mid sare of gewitan.
a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) 3 Esdras iv. 9 If he seie to fallen of [a1425 L.V. throwe doun], þei fallen of.
c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer Reeve's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) Prol. l. 58 Leueful is with force, force of showue.
?c1500 Mary Magdalene (Digby) 379 Com of þan, let vs be-gynne.
1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. CCv Come of..thou that arte disposed to leaue all for the loue of Iesu.
1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VIII f. cclxijv Peces of ordinaunce whiche shot of.
1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1888) I. 163 King Gald..flies af the feild.
1610 J. Healey tr. J. L. Vives in tr. St. Augustine Citie of God xv. xxvii. 569 The fittest forme for to keepe of the rayne and weather, was to bee ridged downe a proportioned descent from the toppe downeward.
1777 J. Woodforde Diary 22 July (1978) 134 Cousin Lewis and Son went of this morning for Nottingham.
β. 1567 J. Maplet Greene Forest f. 12 Neyther could we keepe off,..our outward enimies.c1575 Fawkner's Glasse in Perfect Bk. Kepinge Sparhawkes (1886) When she knowe her game fly fare ofe.1659 D. Pell Πελαγος 557 To drive off his melancholy thoughts.1726 Four Years Voy. Capt. G. Roberts 28 To send my Mate off with the Boat.1766 O. Goldsmith Vicar of Wakefield I. xvii. 180 She is gone off with two gentlemen in a post chaise.1783 H. Cowley Which is the Man? iii. ii. 29 I'll go and pack up a few things, and call a coach and be off, before Lady Bell comes from Court.1827 B. Disraeli Vivian Grey IV. vi. vi. 220 We had better order our horses, and be off.1841 C. Dickens Old Curiosity Shop i. vi. 115 Mr. Quilp put his hat on and took himself off.1842 R. H. Barham Lay St. Cuthbert in Ingoldsby Legends 2nd Ser. 229 Come, mizzle!—be off with you!—go!1884 W. C. Smith Kildrostan 65 I must be off into the woods.1896 Law Times 100 508/1 [He] succeeded in getting the animal under control, and rode off.1915 D. H. Lawrence Rainbow vi. 172 She beat him off.1934 C. P. Snow Search I. i. 11 He would set off, as though he and the church-bell had nothing in common.a1979 J. Grenfell Turn back Clock (1983) i. 10 Now, are you all ready? Then be off with you.1989 Weekly News (Glasgow) 27 May 28 Many defenders don't realise how strong he is, particularly in his ability to hold people off.2004 J. Colgan Do you remember First Time? xiii. 238 He would be off to Africa again soon with Madeleine and I'd never seen him again.
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