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单词 lay off
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to lay off
to lay off
1. transitive. To take off, take away; to put off or remove from oneself.
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the world > space > place > removal or displacement > remove or displace [verb (transitive)] > remove or take away
ateec885
withbreidec890
animOE
overbearOE
to do awayOE
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reavec1175
takec1175
to have away?a1300
to draw awayc1300
weve13..
to wend awaya1325
withdrawa1325
remuec1325
to carry away1363
to take away1372
waive1377
to long awaya1382
oftakec1390
to draw offa1398
to do froa1400
forflitc1420
amove?a1425
to carry out?a1425
surtrayc1440
surtretec1440
twistc1440
abstract1449
ostea1450
remove1459
ablatea1475
araisea1475
redd1479
dismove1480
diminish?1504
convey1530
alienate1534
retire1536
dimove1540
reversec1540
subtractc1540
submove1542
sublate1548
pare1549
to pull in1549
exempt1553
to shift off1567
retract?1570
renversec1586
aufer1587
to lay offa1593
rear1596
retrench1596
unhearse1596
exemea1600
remote1600
to set off1600
subduct1614
rob1627
extraneize1653
to bring off1656
to pull back1656
draft1742
extract1804
reef1901
the world > space > place > removal or displacement > remove or displace [verb (transitive)] > remove or take away > from the position of being on
latcha1225
off-wevec1300
to take offa1400
to get off1577
to lay offa1593
daff1609
off1826
the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > providing with clothing > undressing or removing clothing > undress or remove clothing [verb (transitive)] > take off clothing
to do offeOE
to lay downc1275
to weve offc1290
stripc1320
doffa1375
loose1382
ofdrawa1393
casta1400
to take offa1400
warpa1400
to cast offc1400
to catch offc1400
waivec1400
voidc1407
to put off?a1425
to wap offc1440
to lay from, offc1480
despoil1483
to pull offc1500
slip1535
devest1566
to shift off1567
daff1609
discuss1640
to lay off1699
strip1762
douse1780
shuffle1837
derobe1841
shed1858
skin1861
peel1888
pull1888
the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > uncovering > uncover or remove covering from [verb (transitive)] > uncover and expose > by withdrawing a cloth, etc.
unlapa1450
unclothe1607
unveil1657
to lay off1699
divest1814
a1593 C. Marlowe Massacre at Paris (c1600) sig. B4 Thou traitor Guise, lay of thy bloudy hand.
1628 H. Reynolds tr. T. Tasso Aminta i. i. sig. B4 Stay for me till I haue in yon fresh fount Layd off the sweat and dust that yesterday I soyld me with.
a1631 J. Donne Serm. (1959) V. 170 Saint Gregory says, that the soule had laid off..all outward ornaments.
1699 A. Boyer Royal Dict. (at cited word) To lay off a Garment, Quitter un habit.
1919 H. L. Wilson Ma Pettengill ii. 46 She took me up to her little bedroom to lay my things off and then down to the parlour.
2. Nautical. To steer (a ship) away from the shore. Also intransitive, to remain stationary outside a harbour.
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society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > direct or manage ship [verb (transitive)] > set a ship's course > sail away from shore
to lay offa1616
society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > direct or manage ship [verb (intransitive)] > head in a certain course or direction > remain (stationary) away from shore or ship
to lie off1598
to lay off1781
a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) i. i. 47 Lay her a hold, a hold, set her two courses off to Sea againe, lay her off. View more context for this quotation
1781 T. Jefferson Corr. in Wks. (1859) I. 291 Eight of them had got over the bar, and many others were laying off.
3. To mark or separate off (plots of ground, etc.); to plot out land in some way or for some purpose.
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the world > the earth > land > tract > [verb (transitive)] > mark, plot out, divide up land
to lay off1748
1748 G. Washington Jrnl. 30 Mar. This Morning began our Intended business of Laying of [f] Lots.
1762 A. Dickson Treat. Agric. iii. vi. 351 Laying off land, after a very few crops of corn, into grass for pasture.
1795 J. Phillips Gen. Hist. Inland Navigation (rev. ed.) 357 The partial hand of nature has laid off America upon a much larger scale than any other part of the world.
1801 A. Ranken Hist. France I. 442 They..directed that the streets should be laid off obliquely.
1847 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 8 ii. 370 Care must be taken..to lay off the land in broad flats.
1890 Harper's Mag. Nov. 870/2 Laying parterres off in fanciful designs with little shells.
4. To ‘set off’ (distances) upon a surface.
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1797 Encycl. Brit. XVII. 393/2 Lay off the dimensions of the waste rail found in the table; and..draw a line [etc.].
1859 J. Ruskin Elements Perspective xvii. 79 The dividing points..will lay off distances on the retiring inclined line.
1882 G. M. Minchin Uniplanar Kinematics 2 By laying off the different times along Ox.
5. Shipbuilding. To transfer (plans) from the paper in the full size on the floor of the mould-loft.
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1863 P. Barry Dockyard Econ. 139 The chief draftsman and his assistants ‘lay off’, or draw all the lines on the mould-loft floor, to the full size.
1893 Field 25 Feb. 297/2 I..advise that the boat be ‘laid off’ at full size and batten-faired.
6. Originally dialect and U.S. To discontinue; to discontinue the working of; to dismiss (a workman), usually temporarily. Also intransitive, to take a rest.
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society > occupation and work > lack of work > [verb (transitive)] > dismiss or discharge
to put awaya1387
discharge1428
dismiss1477
to put out of wages1542
discard1589
to turn away1602
to put off1608
disemploy1619
to pay off1648
to pay off1651
to turn out1667
to turn off1676
quietus1688
strip1756
trundle1794
unshop1839
shopc1840
to lay off1841
sack1841
drop1845
to give (a person) the shoot1846
bag1848
swap1862
fire1879
to knock off1881
bounce1884
to give (a person) the pushc1886
to give (a person) the boot or the order of the boot1888
bump1899
spear1911
to strike (a medical practitioner, etc.) off the register1911
terminate1920
tramp1941
shitcan1961
pink slip1966
dehire1970
resize1975
to give a person his jotters1990
the world > action or operation > ceasing > temporary cessation of activity or operation > temporarily cease activity or operation [verb (intransitive)] > rest
restOE
to hang up one's hatcheta1350
to latch one's ease, one's leave1377
sabbatize1382
roc1460
repose1494
repause1526
respire1566
respite1587
requiesce1653
to rest (also lie) on one's oars1726
to lay off1841
to rest up1858
spell1880
to lie off1891
society > occupation and work > work > times or periods of work > work at specific times or periods [verb (transitive)] > stop (work)
to lay off1841
strike1891
the world > action or operation > ceasing > cease from (an action or operation) [verb (transitive)] > cause to cease or put a stop to > cause (a thing) to cease action > discontinue the working of
to lay off1841
1841 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 2 ii. 181 It is removed at intervals, chiefly in frost, when ploughing is laid off.
1863 W. Whitman Specimen Days (1882–3) 41 Some of the men are cleaning their sabres.., some brushing boots; some laying off, reading, writing.
1868 J. C. Atkinson Gloss. Cleveland Dial. Laid off, applied to a person who from illness or other disablement is incapable of working as usual.
1886 H. James Bostonians I. iii. 26 She would expect him to be strenuous in return; but he couldn't—in private life, he couldn't; privacy for Basil Ransom consisted entirely in what he called ‘laying off’.
1888 Daily News 17 Sept. 2/7 One of the leading works in the district at Darlington has been laid off by a strike.
1892 Nation (N.Y.) 25 Aug. 135/1 To give notice of intention to ‘lay off’ any hands in their employ.
1897 W. D. Howells Landlord Lion's Head 65 When the husbands come up Saturday nights, they don't want to go on a tramp Sundays. They want to lay off and rest.
1955 Times 6 June 7/2 But in the course of this week stocks in some factories will begin to run out. Workers will have to be laid off.
1970 G. Greer Female Eunuch 242 The lowest paid employees can be and are laid off.
1972 Daily Tel. 1 Feb. 2/7 A pay strike by 500 clerical workers..has caused the company to lay off 2,500 car assembly workers.
7. (See quot. 1901.)
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society > occupation and work > industry > decorating and painting > decorate [verb (transitive)] > paint > other painting processes
to lay off1901
roller coat1935
paint-spray1967
rag-roll1969
1901 J. Black Illustr. Carpenter & Builder Ser.: Home Handicrafts 43 What painters term ‘laying off’, that is to say, going over the work with the brush uncharged with paint and with strokes all in one direction.
1945 C. H. Eaton in Practical Painter & Decorator iii. 90 The laying off should be vertical, that is, from ceiling to floor.. on walls, and parallel with the main source of light on ceilings.
1951 Good Housek. Home Encycl. 65/1 Do not attempt to ‘lay off’ or brush out the distemper as with paint or varnish.
1963 W. Tee Painting & Decorating x. 77 Finally, you lay-off, which means brushing in the direction of the grain if you are painting wood, or in the longest direction if you are painting a metal gutter or pipe.
8. To desist from (doing something); to abstain from or stop using (something); to stop bothering or pestering (a person). Also intransitive, frequently as imperative: cut it out! stop it!
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the world > action or operation > ceasing > cease from (an action or operation) [verb (transitive)]
aswikec975
linOE
beleavec1175
forletc1175
i-swikec1175
restc1175
stutte?c1225
lina1300
blinc1314
to give overc1325
to do wayc1350
stintc1366
finisha1375
leavea1375
yleavec1380
to leave offa1382
refuse1389
ceasec1410
resigna1413
respite?a1439
relinquish1454
surcease1464
discontinue1474
unfill1486
supersede1499
desist1509
to have ado?1515
stop1525
to lay aside1530
stay1538
quata1614
to lay away1628
sist1635
quita1642
to throw up1645
to lay by1709
to come off1715
unbuckle1736
peter1753
to knock off1767
stash1794
estop1796
stow1806
cheese1811
to chuck itc1879
douse1887
nark1889
to stop off1891
stay1894
sling1902
can1906
to lay off1908
to pack in1934
to pack up1934
to turn in1938
to break down1941
to tie a can to (or on)1942
to jack in1948
to wrap it up1949
1908 R. Kipling Lett. to Family ii. 17 The railways..had to find room somewhere..before Nature cried: ‘Lay off!’
1919 Amer. Mag. May 42/2 If you guys don't lay off of me I'll bounce the two of you.
1919 Saucy Stories Aug. 107/2 She..resolved to ‘lay off the bright lights in the future’.
1930 D. Hammett Maltese Falcon xviii. 221 Make him lay off me then. I'm going to fog him if he keeps it up.
1931 E. Linklater Juan in Amer. iii. vii. 259 Lay off that ritzy laugh or I'll sock you.
1934 J. Agate More First Nights (1937) 59 You would think, wouldn't you, that Josephine, having done enough in the way of arousing suspicion, would lay off a little.
1934 P. G. Wodehouse Right ho, Jeeves vi. 60 Lay off the sausages. Avoid the ham.
1936 P. G. Wodehouse Laughing Gas iv. 49 That's all she's after—the title. For heaven's sake, Reggie, lay off while there's still time.
1946 K. Tennant Lost Haven (1947) xix. 316 ‘For God's sake, shut up!.. Lay off, Alec, lay off.’ Alec laid off.
1947 ‘N. Shute’ Chequer Board 62 Aw, lay off, Jim.—You're not in the South now.
1953 J. Trench Docken Dead ii. 21 How does one set about telling one's senior officer to lay off one's friend's wife?
1968 M. Richler in R. Weaver Canad. Short Stories 2nd ser. 160 ‘Oh, lay off,’ my father said. ‘Give the man air.’
1974 D. Gray Dead Give Away vi. 65 I'd lay off stirring up trouble for a bit if I were you.
9. To dispose of, ‘work off’.
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1926 J. Black You can't Win x. 130 I was sent out with about seventy-five dollars in silver coin to lay off for paper or gold.
10. Nautical and Aeronautics. To indicate (on a chart, etc.), to work out (a course). Cf. course n. 12.
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society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > direct or manage ship [verb (transitive)] > work out a course
to lay off1942
society > travel > air or space travel > action of flying (in) aircraft > navigation of course of aircraft > navigate aircraft [verb (transitive)] > work out course on chart
to lay off1942
1942 Tee Emm (Air Ministry) 2 83 Always lay off Q.D.M.'s and Q.D.Y.'s as true bearings on your chart.
1943 ‘T. Dudley-Gordon’ Coastal Command 17 Drawing pencil lines which lay off courses of ships and aircraft, and indicate areas under patrol or to be searched.
1961 F. H. Burgess Dict. Sailing 131 Lay off a course, work out a proposed course on a chart.
11. Of a bookmaker: to insure against a substantial loss resulting from (a large bet) by placing a similar bet with another bookmaker.
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society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > betting > bet on [verb (transitive)] > insure a bet
to lay off1951
1951 E. Kefauver Crime in Amer. (1952) xvi. 184 The Nevada bookies also protect themselves by laying off their biggest bets with out-of-state operators.
1974 New Yorker 25 Feb. 72 An outside man..runs along the line of bookies and keeps an eye on the odds and lays off some of the money.
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to lay off
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Football, Hockey, etc. To pass (the ball) a short distance, esp. into open space for a team-mate to collect.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > characteristics of team ball games > play team ball games [verb (transitive)] > actions or manoeuvres
pass1865
to throw in1867
work1868
centre1877
shoot1882
field1883
tackle1884
chip1889
feed1889
screen1906
fake1907
slap1912
to turn over1921
tip-in1958
to lay off1965
spill1975
1965 Daily Express 13 Aug. 15/5 Laying off, playing the ball at one of your team-mates—almost bouncing it off him to get the ball back again.
1966 J. Greaves Soccer Techniques vi. 46 More and more we find that the ball must be passed straight to the feet of team-mates. Of course, if a man who receives such a pass lays the ball off first-time in an imaginative way it may be that he will be able to play it into an open space and let someone sprint on to it.
1970 Observer 19 Apr. 23/2 England were laying it off well but too slowly and the linkmen failed to break through often enough.
1976 Northumberland Gaz. 26 Nov. 19/4 Ross Mathie..rounded the 'keeper and laid the ball off for the waiting Laing.
1986 Open Rugby Sept. 16/3 Both are deceptively fast, difficult to tackle and lay the ball off well.
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