| 单词 | to drive off |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto drive off to drive off ΘΚΠ the world > time > spending time > spend time or allow time to pass [verb (transitive)] overdoOE adreeOE wreaka1300 to draw forthc1300 dispend1340 pass1340 drivea1375 wastec1381 occupyc1384 overpassa1387 to pass over ——a1393 usec1400 spend1423 contrive?a1475 overdrive1487 consumea1500 to pass forth1509 to drive off1517 lead1523 to ride out1529 to wear out, forth1530 to pass away?1550 to put offc1550 shiftc1562 to tire out1563 wear1567 to drive out1570 entertainc1570 expire1589 tire1589 outwear1590 to see out1590 outrun1592 outgo1595 overshoot1597 to pass out1603 fleeta1616 elapse1654 term1654 trickle1657 to put over1679 absorb1686 spin1696 exercise1711 kill1728 to get through ——1748 to get over ——1751 tickc1870 fill1875 1517 S. Hawes Pastime of Pleasure (1928) xvi. 66 Dryue of no lenger, but tell me your mynde. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 529/2 I drive of a thynge, I dyffar it, je differre. a1591 H. Smith Serm. (1593) 1016 The bad Lawyer driues off his Client from terme to terme, till the suite be lost. a1656 Bp. J. Hall Shaking of Olive-tree (1660) ii. 121 Too long have we driven off the applying of our redress. 1695 tr. Duc de Richelieu Compleat Statesman ii. iv. 13 It is a common thing among weak Men to drive off time, and to chuse the preserving of their Ease for a Month rather than to deprive themselves of it for a while. 2. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > action or motion of vessel > [verb (intransitive)] > make progress > drift to drive with the weather1526 to drive off1617 drift1762 1617 T. Spurway in S. Purchas Pilgrimes (1625) I. v. iii. 612 The same night..either they let the Ship driue, or cut the Cables, and so droue off in the night. 1744 J. Philips Authentic Jrnl. Exped. Anson 192 The Prize drove off from her Moorings. 1853 Morning Chron. 21 Sept. 3/1 A sea struck the ship, and carried her into a reef...The ship drove off immediately afterwards, but not without tearing away her rudder. b. intransitive. To go away or depart in a car or other vehicle. Also of a vehicle: to move away from a place, under the control of a driver. ΚΠ 1801 ‘Gabrielli’ Mysterious Husband II. 200 The attending servant having smacked to the door, they drove off in a moment. 1814 J. Austen Mansfield Park I. viii. 166 The carriage drove off amid the good wishes of the two remaining ladies. 1988 E. White Beautiful Room is Empty (1989) x. 198 Once the van had driven off, the cops pushed us slowly back from the bar entrance. 2005 Independent 1 Feb. (Motoring section) 2/1 More than a third of British drivers admit to pranging another car, then driving off, according to a new survey. 3. transitive. To cause (a volatile component) to leave a substance as vapour, by heating. ΚΠ 1677 E. Browne Acct. Trav. Germany 135 Their..driving Furnace, where the Litharge is driven off. 1805 W. Saunders Treat. Mineral Waters (ed. 2) 38 Boiling..drives off the excess of carbonic acid, and thus causes the chalk to be precipitated. 1874 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. I. 423/1 Copper and other ores are calcined, to drive off the sulphur. 1938 R. Hum Chem. for Engin. Students xvi. 388 Boiling with lime in water is therefore employed to drive off the ammonia. 2008 P. Abrahams Beneath Surface 64/2 Slaked lime is developed by extracting limestone from a quarry, roasting it in a kiln to drive off the water and then ‘slaking’ it in water. 4. intransitive. Golf. To hit the ball from the tee.Cf. main sense 8c. ΚΠ 1873 Bell's Life in London 13 Dec. 9/1 After lunch the second round was commenced. Mr Gosset and Capt Molesworth both drove off well. 1913 Youth's Compan. 25 Sept. 504/2 ‘You drive off from here, sir,’ said the caddie, pointing to the tee, ‘and you've got to put the ball in that little hole with the red flag flying above it.’ 2020 Sun (Nexis) 12 Nov. The two tee start saw 1988 champion Sandy Lyle hit the first shot on No 10, while Lucas Glover of Australia drove off on the first. < as lemmas |
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