单词 | keep off |
释义 | > as lemmasto keep off to keep off 1. transitive. To hinder from coming near or touching; to ward off; to avert. ΘΚΠ the world > space > distance > distance or farness > be far from [verb (transitive)] > keep (a thing or person) at a distance to hold offc1420 withhold1513 to keep away1548 to keep off1548 to stop off1722 the world > action or operation > safety > escape > escape from [verb (transitive)] > ward off harm withhold13.. defendc1330 to bear offc1380 withstand1398 shielda1400 repela1450 to keep off1548 repulse1560 warda1586 fence1589 shelter1621 ward1759 fend-off1830 to fend back1877 1548 Hall's Vnion: Edward IV f. ccxxxiiiv Couered with bordes, onely to kepe of the wether. 1599 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet iii. iii. 54 Ile giue thee armour to keepe off that word. View more context for this quotation 1662 J. Davies tr. A. Olearius Voy. & Trav. Ambassadors 24 Having white staves in their hands, to keep off the people. 1728 J. Gay Beggar's Opera i. viii. 11 O Polly..By keeping Men off, you keep them on. 1883 G. M. Fenn Middy & Ensign xxii. 133 An umbrella held up to keep off the sun. 2. intransitive. To stay at a distance; to refrain from approaching; not to come on. ΘΚΠ the world > space > distance > distance or farness > be or remain at a distance [verb (intransitive)] to stand apart1538 to stand off1600 to hold off1604 to keep awaya1616 to keep offa1616 distance1658 to keep one's luff1682 to keep back1836 a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 1 (1623) iv. iv. 21 You..Keepe off aloofe with worthlesse emulation. View more context for this quotation 1803 J. Hillyar Aug. in Ld. Nelson Disp. & Lett. (1845) II. 186 (note) The Master..told the Boats to keep off. 1861 C. Dickens Great Expectations II. xx. 334 I..put him away. ‘Stay!’ said I. ‘Keep off!’ 1891 Field 7 Nov. 699/2 If the frost keeps off. 3. transitive. To avoid or stay away from; not to use; also as attributive.phr.; keep off the grass: see grass n.1 5a. ΘΚΠ the world > space > distance > distance or farness > [adjective] > placed or kept at a distance > stay away from to keep off1949 the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > non-use > refrain from using [verb (transitive)] sparec1000 letc1400 to leave overa1646 to keep off1949 1949 M. Mead Male & Female ii. 42 Tchamwole..placed a keep-off sign on the coconut-palm-trees. 1968 Listener 12 Dec. 790/3 Girls at Amman University have been instructed..to keep off heavy make-up. keep 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. ΘΚΠ the world > space > direction > [adverb] > away from some thing or place awayeOE outeOE frowardOE offOE yondwardc1275 yonwarda1387 waywardsc1390 fromwarda1547 offward1582 fromwardsa1661 orf1845 α. 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.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. < as lemmas |
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