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单词 keep off
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to keep off
to keep off
1. transitive. To hinder from coming near or touching; to ward off; to avert.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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