单词 | offloading |
释义 | offloadingn. The action of offload v.; an instance of this. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > [noun] > of loads > unloading teeming?1468 unloading1542 lightening1590 unlading1818 disloading1831 unshipment1846 offloading1912 bobbing1962 downloading1962 1912 Rep. Comm. Condition Trade & Industries (S. Afr.) 23 Dumping may be defined as the off-loading of the surplus products of manufacture of one country into the markets of another country. a1944 K. Douglas Alamein to Zem Zem (1946) xx. 128 The sergeant-major..had been supervising the off-loading of some patients. 1958 Times 19 Mar. 14/2 Cotton was stolen from the Liverpool Docks in the off-loading of 12 different ships. 1981 Times 28 July 26/6 After an offloading at 84p the price rallied yesterday to close 1p higher. 1996 B. Anderson in ‘W. Tinasky’ Lett. ii. 51/2 (notes) The partnership required between the contractor..and the Air Force in the onloading and offloading of IM-99A missiles. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). offloadingadj. That is offloading; that offloads (in various senses). ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > [adjective] > unloading offloading1977 1977 J. McClure Sunday Hangman ii. 17 [He] side-stepped into the shadow of an off-loading Coke truck. 1998 Somerset Standard & Guardian (Electronic ed.) 12 Nov. Richard could not make it himself, his offloading pass being intercepted. 2000 Star-Ledger (Newark, New Jersey) 17 Jan. 36/4 Move out of the way when waiting for or meeting people at a gate so you don't block offloading passengers. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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