| 单词 | off the top of one's head |
| 释义 | > as lemmasoff (also out of) the top of one's head (a) off (also out of) the top of one's head and variants: without careful thought or consideration; (also) in a spontaneous or impromptu manner. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > intention > unintentional or unplanned character > [adverb] > in unplanned manner suddenly1340 of unwarninga1400 on, upon, rarely of, in (a) suddenty1469 casuallya1549 extemporea1556 of (upon) this sudden1572 extemporally1577 at (the or a) volley1578 on (or o') the volley1578 extrumpery1582 unpremeditately1607 extemporary1610 extempory1623 extemporarily1667 impromptu1669 ad aperturam libri1679 unpremeditatedly1694 impulsively1768 extemporaneously1791 promiscuously1791 spontaneously1799 on (also upon) the spur of the moment (or occasion, etc.)1801 spontaneous1810 promiscuous1826 improvisedly1851 off-handedly1876 at the first jet1878 off the cuff1927 off the top of one's head1939 off the wall1966 1913 ‘E. Mordaunt’ Lu of Ranges xxxiv. 222 ‘You're talking out of the top of your head, that's what you're doing!’ he drawled. 1939 H. L. Ickes Secret Diary (1954) II. 718 He was impetuous and inclined to think off the top of his head at times. 1967 Listener 20 Apr. 518/2 His [sc. Bertrand Russell's] political activities..are not something that is coming out of the top of his head, they are coming from his nature. 1977 W. J. Bate Samuel Johnson (1978) xi. 173 London..seems breezy, as if written off the top of the head..; it lacks the sublime moral elevation of the Vanity. 2001 Guardian 21 July (Weekend Suppl.) 22/1 Waterson..says that ‘maybe 35 %’ of male personal trainers take steroids: ‘Off the top of my head, I can think of 10, easily.’ < as lemmas |
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