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单词 hit off
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hit off
hit-in (in Polo), the hitting of the ball into the field of play. (Cf. to hit in 3 at hit v. Phrasal verbs). hit off (in Hockey), the first stroke, which begins the game.extracted from hitn.
hit off
d. hit off, the act of hitting off (to hit off 3 at hit v. Phrasal verbs); a clever representation or imitation.
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society > communication > representation > [noun] > a representation > clever
hit off1830
1830 J. Badcock in Foote's Wks. p. xi The plaudits which would accompany a successful hit-off of the subject under treatment.
extracted from hitn.
to hit off
to hit off
1. transitive. To produce or throw off with success.
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the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > make a success of [verb (transitive)]
shift?1533
to pass muster1573
to give a good account of (something, often oneself)1601
to hit off1700
to make a job of1736
to make a do of1834
to make a go of it1836
cut1900
the world > existence and causation > creation > [verb (transitive)] > produce or bring forth > with ease, speed, or success, or in large quantities
whip1611
to work off1653
to hit off1700
dispatchc1710
to throw off1724
to run off1759
to turn off1825
to turn out1847
to run out1872
to churn out1912
proliferate1912
slug1925
whomp1955
gurgitate1963
1700 W. Congreve Way of World iii. i. 42 We hit off a little Wit now and then, but no Animosity.
1822 M. A. Kelty Osmond I. 87 You used to be rather au fait at hitting off a sonnet.
2. To succeed in attaining or getting at or upon. (Said esp. of striking the scent in hunting.)
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the world > action or operation > endeavour > searching or seeking > finding or discovery > find or discover [verb (transitive)]
findOE
yfindOE
hita1075
befindc1200
out-findc1300
to try outc1325
to find outa1375
to find upc1390
ascryc1400
outwryc1400
inventc1475
vent1611
to hit off1680
discover1762
to scare up1846
to pick up1869
rumble1897
1680 J. Dryden Kind Keeper iv. i. 42 You have been pricking up and down here upon a cold scent; but, at last, you have hit it off, it seems.
1690 W. Temple Ess. Heroick Virtue iv. 101 in Miscellanea: 2nd Pt. What Prince soever can hit of this great Secret, needs know no more.
1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones IV. x. vi. 52 It happens to this Sort of Men, as to bad Hounds, who never hit off a Fault themselves. View more context for this quotation
1815 Sporting Mag. 45 299 The hounds again hit off the scent.
1879 F. T. Pollok Sport Brit. Burmah I. 69 We started at daybreak..and soon hit off a trail.
3. To describe, represent, or reproduce successfully or to a nicety.
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society > communication > representation > [verb (transitive)] > successfully
hit?1602
to touch off1694
to hit off1737
the mind > language > speech > narration > description or act of describing > describe [verb (transitive)]
sayOE
devisec1300
readc1300
to make (a) showing ofc1330
counterfeitc1369
expressc1386
scrievec1390
descrya1400
scrya1400
drawa1413
representc1425
describec1450
report1460
qualify?1465
exhibit1534
perscribe1538
to set out1545
deline1566
delineate1566
decipher1567
denotate1599
lineate16..
denote1612
givea1616
inform?1615
to shape out1633
speaka1637
display1726
to hit off1737
1737 D. Waterland Rev. Doctr. Eucharist 81 He has very well hit off the Sense.
1831 T. B. Macaulay in Life & Lett. (1883) I. 233 I never saw a character so thoroughly hit off.
1871 S. Smiles Character x. 275 Sometimes he hits off an individual trait by an anecdote.
4. See also senses 1b, 20b, 8c.
extracted from hitv.
to hit off
b. Cricket. (a) To strike (the ball) with the bat: hence with the bowler as object. (b) to hit off: to make up (a number of runs) by hitting.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > batting > bat [verb (transitive)] > hit
hit1857
society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > batting > bat [verb (transitive)] > score runs
fetch1735
run1752
to knock up1837
to knock off1851
to run out1856
to hit off1857
rattle1860
compile1884
to hit up1895
slog1897
1857 T. Hughes Tom Brown's School Days ii. viii. 392 When you or Raggles hit a ball hard away for six.
1865 F. Lillywhite Guide to Cricketers (ed. 21) 86 Messrs. Tritton and Wright hit off 25 in 20 minutes.
1883 Daily Tel. 15 May 2/7 Dr. Grace hit Hill square for 4.
1884 Pall Mall Gaz. 14 Aug. 9/1 Mr. Hornby hit each bowler twice for 4.
1888 Daily News 15 Sept. 3/4 The Englishmen had only 33 to get to win and this was hit off in twenty-five minutes for the loss of one wicket.
1892 Daily News 1 Sept. 4/5 Yorkshire..in the time remaining..hit off 56 of these for the loss of two batsmen.
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