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

a. Expressing motion or direction from a place: to a distance, away, quite away; as in to go off, run off, drive off. to be off: to get going; to go away. be off with you: get going; go away (cf. off (with you)! at sense A. 8b). Also expressing resistance to motion towards: as in to beat off, hang off, keep off, ward off.

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the world > space > direction > [adverb] > away from some thing or place

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frowardOE

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OE Blickling Homilies 5 Man sceolde mid sare on þas world cuman..& mid sare of gewitan.

a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) 3 Esdras iv. 9 If he seie to fallen of [a1425 L.V. throwe doun], þei fallen of.

c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer Reeve's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) Prol. l. 58 Leueful is with force, force of showue.

?c1500 Mary Magdalene (Digby) 379 Com of þan, let vs be-gynne.

1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. CC^v Come of..thou that arte disposed to leaue all for the loue of Iesu.

1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VIII f. cclxij^v Peces of ordinaunce whiche shot of.

1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1888) I. 163 King Gald..flies af the feild.

1610 J. Healey tr. J. L. Vives in tr. St. Augustine Citie of God xv. xxvii. 569 The fittest forme for to keepe of the rayne and weather, was to bee ridged downe a proportioned descent from the toppe downeward.

1777 J. Woodforde Diary 22 July (1978) 134 Cousin Lewis and Son went of this morning for Nottingham.

β. 1567 J. Maplet Greene Forest f. 12 Neyther could we keepe off,..our outward enimies.c1575 Fawkner's Glasse in Perfect Bk. Kepinge Sparhawkes (1886) When she knowe her game fly fare ofe.1659 D. Pell Πελαγος 557 To drive off his melancholy thoughts.1726 Four Years Voy. Capt. G. Roberts 28 To send my Mate off with the Boat.1766 O. Goldsmith Vicar of Wakefield I. xvii. 180 She is gone off with two gentlemen in a post chaise.1783 H. Cowley Which is the Man? iii. ii. 29 I'll go and pack up a few things, and call a coach and be off, before Lady Bell comes from Court.1827 B. Disraeli Vivian Grey IV. vi. vi. 220 We had better order our horses, and be off.1841 C. Dickens Old Curiosity Shop i. vi. 115 Mr. Quilp put his hat on and took himself off.1842 R. H. Barham Lay St. Cuthbert in Ingoldsby Legends 2nd Ser. 229 Come, mizzle!—be off with you!—go!1884 W. C. Smith Kildrostan 65 I must be off into the woods.1896 Law Times 100 508/1 [He] succeeded in getting the animal under control, and rode off.1915 D. H. Lawrence Rainbow vi. 172 She beat him off.1934 C. P. Snow Search I. i. 11 He would set off, as though he and the church-bell had nothing in common.a1979 J. Grenfell Turn back Clock (1983) i. 10 Now, are you all ready? Then be off with you.1989 Weekly News (Glasgow) 27 May 28 Many defenders don't realise how strong he is, particularly in his ability to hold people off.2004 J. Colgan Do you remember First Time? xiii. 238 He would be off to Africa again soon with Madeleine and I'd never seen him again.

e. colloquial. to be off (again): to be embarked on some (esp. habitual or obsessive) course of action; to begin speaking tiresomely or at length about a favourite subject.

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1815 S. J. Arnold Maid & Magpye i. ii. 23 Jul. This time..I am resolved to see to the bottom of the business. Ger. There! now she's off again! as if it followed, because a thing's mislaid, that it must be stolen.

1869 L. M. Alcott Little Women II. vi. 81 Jo was off again, making more droll revelations and committing still more fearful blunders.

1929 Radio Times 8 Nov. 388/3 Mr. Lance Sieveking..is off again. Was there ever such a one for experiments?

1987 A. Miller Timebends (1988) ii. 125 They were off, figuring the probable number of seats in the theater and dividing that into thirty million.

1993 Tatler July 124/1 He was an unstoppable fund of theatrical stories; ‘We who don the motley,’ was his usual opening and then he would be off, arms flailing, eyes flashing.

单词	be off
释义	> as lemmas to be off a. Expressing motion or direction from a place: to a distance, away, quite away; as in to go off, run off, drive off. to be off: to get going; to go away. be off with you: get going; go away (cf. off (with you)! at sense A. 8b). Also expressing resistance to motion towards: as in to beat off, hang off, keep off, ward off. ΘΚΠ the world > space > direction > [adverb] > away from some thing or place awayeOE outeOE frowardOE offOE yondwardc1275 yonwarda1387 waywardsc1390 fromwarda1547 offward1582 fromwardsa1661 orf1845 α. OE Blickling Homilies 5 Man sceolde mid sare on þas world cuman..& mid sare of gewitan. a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) 3 Esdras iv. 9 If he seie to fallen of [a1425 L.V. throwe doun], þei fallen of. c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer Reeve's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) Prol. l. 58 Leueful is with force, force of showue. ?c1500 Mary Magdalene (Digby) 379 Com of þan, let vs be-gynne. 1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. CC^v Come of..thou that arte disposed to leaue all for the loue of Iesu. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VIII f. cclxij^v Peces of ordinaunce whiche shot of. 1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1888) I. 163 King Gald..flies af the feild. 1610 J. Healey tr. J. L. Vives in tr. St. Augustine Citie of God xv. xxvii. 569 The fittest forme for to keepe of the rayne and weather, was to bee ridged downe a proportioned descent from the toppe downeward. 1777 J. Woodforde Diary 22 July (1978) 134 Cousin Lewis and Son went of this morning for Nottingham. β. 1567 J. Maplet Greene Forest f. 12 Neyther could we keepe off,..our outward enimies.c1575 Fawkner's Glasse in Perfect Bk. Kepinge Sparhawkes (1886) When she knowe her game fly fare ofe.1659 D. Pell Πελαγος 557 To drive off his melancholy thoughts.1726 Four Years Voy. Capt. G. Roberts 28 To send my Mate off with the Boat.1766 O. Goldsmith Vicar of Wakefield I. xvii. 180 She is gone off with two gentlemen in a post chaise.1783 H. Cowley Which is the Man? iii. ii. 29 I'll go and pack up a few things, and call a coach and be off, before Lady Bell comes from Court.1827 B. Disraeli Vivian Grey IV. vi. vi. 220 We had better order our horses, and be off.1841 C. Dickens Old Curiosity Shop i. vi. 115 Mr. Quilp put his hat on and took himself off.1842 R. H. Barham Lay St. Cuthbert in Ingoldsby Legends 2nd Ser. 229 Come, mizzle!—be off with you!—go!1884 W. C. Smith Kildrostan 65 I must be off into the woods.1896 Law Times 100 508/1 [He] succeeded in getting the animal under control, and rode off.1915 D. H. Lawrence Rainbow vi. 172 She beat him off.1934 C. P. Snow Search I. i. 11 He would set off, as though he and the church-bell had nothing in common.a1979 J. Grenfell Turn back Clock (1983) i. 10 Now, are you all ready? Then be off with you.1989 Weekly News (Glasgow) 27 May 28 Many defenders don't realise how strong he is, particularly in his ability to hold people off.2004 J. Colgan Do you remember First Time? xiii. 238 He would be off to Africa again soon with Madeleine and I'd never seen him again. extracted from offadv.prep.n.adj. to be off (again) e. colloquial. to be off (again): to be embarked on some (esp. habitual or obsessive) course of action; to begin speaking tiresomely or at length about a favourite subject. ΚΠ 1815 S. J. Arnold Maid & Magpye i. ii. 23 Jul. This time..I am resolved to see to the bottom of the business. Ger. There! now she's off again! as if it followed, because a thing's mislaid, that it must be stolen. 1869 L. M. Alcott Little Women II. vi. 81 Jo was off again, making more droll revelations and committing still more fearful blunders. 1929 Radio Times 8 Nov. 388/3 Mr. Lance Sieveking..is off again. Was there ever such a one for experiments? 1987 A. Miller Timebends (1988) ii. 125 They were off, figuring the probable number of seats in the theater and dividing that into thirty million. 1993 Tatler July 124/1 He was an unstoppable fund of theatrical stories; ‘We who don the motley,’ was his usual opening and then he would be off, arms flailing, eyes flashing. extracted from offadv.prep.n.adj. < as lemmas
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