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单词 hang off
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to hang off
to hang off
1. intransitive. To cease to cling; to leave hold.
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the world > movement > absence of movement > hold or holding > releasing hold > let go [verb (intransitive)]
to hang off1600
to loose hold1865
to turn aloose1935
1600 W. Shakespeare Midsummer Night's Dream iii. ii. 261 Hang of thou cat, thou bur: vile thing let loose. View more context for this quotation
2. To show hesitation in coming to close quarters or to an agreement; to hang back, demur.
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the mind > will > wish or inclination > unwillingness > be unwilling [verb (intransitive)]
nillOE
loathea1200
to make it tough1297
forthinka1300
reckc1300
ruea1400
to make (it) strangec1405
to make strangenessc1407
stick1418
resistc1425
to make (it) strange?1456
steek1478
tarrowc1480
doubt1483
sunyie1488
to make (it) nice1530
stay1533
shentc1540
to make courtesy (at)1542
to make it scrupulous1548
to think (it) much1548
to make dainty of (anything)1555
to lie aback1560
stand1563
steek1573
to hang back1581
erch1584
to make doubt1586
to hang the groin1587
to make scruple (also a, no, etc., scruple)1589
yearn1597
to hang the winga1601
to make squeamish1611
smay1632
bogglea1638
to hang off1641
waver1643
reluct1648
shy1650
reluctate1655
stickle1656
scruple1660
to make boggle1667
revere1689
begrudge1690
to have scruples1719
stopc1738
bitch1777
reprobate1779
crane1823
disincline1885
1641 J. Trapp Theologia Theol. 238 Moses..hung off a great while from going to Pharaoh with a message of dismission.
1669 S. Pepys Diary 3 Jan. (1976) IX. 406 I, out of my natural backwardness, did hang off; which vexed her.
1686 J. Goad Astro-meteorologica i. xii. 44 We hang off, and seem loth to come upon the Stage.
1894 Daily News 18 Sept. 2/7 Buyers hanging off to an unusual extent.
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hang 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
α.
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.
extracted from offadv.prep.n.adj.
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