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单词 off-the-top-of-the-head
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off-the-top-of-the-head
(b) As an adjectival phrase (in attributive use), in off-the-top-of-the-head: designating comments, judgements, etc., produced without careful thought or consideration, or anything done in a spontaneous or impromptu manner. See also top-of-the-head adj. at Phrases 5b.
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1956 R. Hilsman Strategic Intelligence & National Decisions x. 181 An off-the-top-of-the-head judgment that is more reaction than it is thought.
2000–1 KMT Winter 86/3 Very hasty, off-the-top-of-the-head writing (without bothering to check the facts).
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