英语词汇“off the spot”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

b. colloquial. off the spot.

†(a) Prone to error, out of form; inaccurate, imperfect. Cf. on the spot adv. 4b. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

1866 Bell's Life in London 4 Aug. 3/5 Mr Ash..is of use when hitting is wanted, and when Arkwright is off the spot and no one else in particular on it.

1886 Athenæum 27 Mar. 420/3 Mr. Lang's new book could have been written by nobody but Mr. Lang... It is his in its tendency to be ‘off the spot’ and to make mistakes.

1905 Academy 21 Oct. 1091/2 Mr. Greenwood made many corrections..and I never met any one who could more invariably place his finger, or rather his blue pencil, on anything that was off the spot.

1916 Burlington Mag. Apr. 37/2 There might be some positive good [in the theatre]..that might even justify his being a bit off the spot next day.

(b) Originally U.S. No longer in a difficult or pressurized situation; out of trouble. Frequently in to get off the spot. Cf. on the spot adv. 6b.

ΚΠ

1931 Idaho Evening Times 11 Dec. 8/1 Boys! Suppose you were making love to a girl—and a man bigger than Carnera came up and said you had to keep your promise to marry his sister—what would you do?.. See Hoot Gibson, the ‘Hard Hombre’ get off the spot.

1966 D. R. McCoy Landon of Kansas vii. 158 Landon was not yet off the spot. By the end of the month newspapers were carrying stories about a check for $10,046.67 from Ronald Finney made out to Mrs. Landon.

2007 Daily News (N.Y.) (Nexis) 25 Feb. 33 She pulled the race card out of her bag of dirty tricks... It was a moment of pander and panic, designed to get her off the spot.

单词	off the spot
释义	> as lemmas off the spot b. colloquial. off the spot. †(a) Prone to error, out of form; inaccurate, imperfect. Cf. on the spot adv. 4b. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1866 Bell's Life in London 4 Aug. 3/5 Mr Ash..is of use when hitting is wanted, and when Arkwright is off the spot and no one else in particular on it. 1886 Athenæum 27 Mar. 420/3 Mr. Lang's new book could have been written by nobody but Mr. Lang... It is his in its tendency to be ‘off the spot’ and to make mistakes. 1905 Academy 21 Oct. 1091/2 Mr. Greenwood made many corrections..and I never met any one who could more invariably place his finger, or rather his blue pencil, on anything that was off the spot. 1916 Burlington Mag. Apr. 37/2 There might be some positive good [in the theatre]..that might even justify his being a bit off the spot next day. (b) Originally U.S. No longer in a difficult or pressurized situation; out of trouble. Frequently in to get off the spot. Cf. on the spot adv. 6b. ΚΠ 1931 Idaho Evening Times 11 Dec. 8/1 Boys! Suppose you were making love to a girl—and a man bigger than Carnera came up and said you had to keep your promise to marry his sister—what would you do?.. See Hoot Gibson, the ‘Hard Hombre’ get off the spot. 1966 D. R. McCoy Landon of Kansas vii. 158 Landon was not yet off the spot. By the end of the month newspapers were carrying stories about a check for $10,046.67 from Ronald Finney made out to Mrs. Landon. 2007 Daily News (N.Y.) (Nexis) 25 Feb. 33 She pulled the race card out of her bag of dirty tricks... It was a moment of pander and panic, designed to get her off the spot. extracted from spotn.¹adv. < as lemmas
随便看	raisingpiece raisings raisingwheel raisins raisins of corauntz raisins of the sun raisiny raison détat raison dêtre raisonneur raisonneurs raisonné raisure raita raitas raith raiyat raiyats raiyatwari raiyatwaris raj raja raja lory raja sheldrake raja shelduck

> as lemmas