| 单词 | off the map |
| 释义 | > as lemmasoff the map a. off the map: out of existence; obsolete or of no account; in or into a remote or insignificant position. Frequently to wipe (also knock, etc.) off the map. Cf. off-the-map n. at off adv., prep., n., and adj. Compounds. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [adverb] > in obscurity obscurely?a1475 off the map1870 1870 Overland Monthly Nov. 467/2 Europe would combine to wipe Mexico off the map of the world. 1904 W. H. Smith Promoters ii. 54 When she [sc. Carthage] wouldn't let up, the only thing left was to wipe her off the map. 1911 R. D. Saunders Col. Todhunter vii. 99 A good set-to is the best way..to put a stop to quarrelin'. It just wipes the whole thing off the map. 1928 Weekly Disp. 13 May 2/6 Cochineal insects, except for making tinctures to colour jellies, are practically off the map today. 1942 R.A.F. Jrnl. 30 May 19 We'll knock that..place off the map. 1957 W. S. Churchill Hist. Eng.-speaking Peoples III. ix. iii. 227 They wiped off the map the proud old French provinces and parcelled out the country into the eighty-six departments that still exist. 1973 E. Lemarchand Let or Hindrance xi. 131 We're a bit off the map up here. 1986 M. Foot Loyalists & Loners 154 Even his closest friends were wiped off the political map in the process. < as lemmas |
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