单词 | to pass off |
释义 | > as lemmasto pass off to pass off 1. a. transitive. To put into circulation, promote, or market, esp. deceptively; to present or sell (someone else's work or property) as one's own. With for or (now more usually) as. Cf. passing off n. at passing n. Phrases 2b. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > treat fraudulently, cheat [verb (transitive)] > dispose of fraudulently put1603 to bob off1605 to put off1612 impose1650 palm1679 sham1681 cog1721 slur1749 pawn1763 to play off1768 to pass off1799 to work off1813 to stall off1819 to fob off1894 1681 A. Behn 2nd Pt. Rover ii. Prol. Poets, like States-men, with a little change, Pass off old Politicks for new and strange. 1739 T. C. Pagett Dialogue in Hudibrasticks 7 The modish Ware so quickly sold, One would have sworn 'twas made of Gold: Sure it must be more Luck than Sleight, To pass off Pinchbeck Ore for right. 1799 H. More Strict. Mod. Syst. Fem. Educ. (ed. 4) I. 297 They might be tempted to pass off for their own what they pick up from others. 1845 C. Beavan Rep. Cases in Chancery VI. 66 A party will not, therefore, be allowed to use names, marks, letters, or other indiciæ by which he may pass off his own goods to purchasers as the manufacture of another person. 1884 Law Times Rep. 51 222/2 The applicants..pass off their goods for those of the Baron de Geer. 1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 233/1 Wines from the Palatinate which under their own names would not sell out of Germany are often passed off as hocks. 1972 T. A. White & R. Jacob Kerly's Law of Trade Marks (ed. 10) xvi. 362 The question whether the use of particular words or badges is calculated to pass off the defendant's goods as those of the plaintiff is often one of difficulty. 1990 A. Kernan Death of Lit. vii. 170 Image makers pass off mediocrity for genius. b. transitive. To cause (a person) to appear as or be accepted for someone else. Chiefly reflexive: to assume a false character or false identity as. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > dissimulation, pretence > pretend, dissemble [verb (reflexive)] feign1297 abuse?a1439 counterfeit1610 personate1710 to pass off1770 to hold out1829 to work off1894 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > dissimulation, pretence > pretend, simulate, feign [verb (transitive)] > lay claim to, personate > cause to personate1594 simulate1652 to pass off1770 1770 T. Percy tr. P. H. Mallet Northern Antiq. I. p.xx He passed them [sc. Gauls] off for prisoners from Germany. 1809 B. H. Malkin tr. A. R. Le Sage Adventures Gil Blas II. v. i. 257 He passed himself off for my servant. 1871 S. Smiles Character vi. 181 He does not seek to pass himself off as richer than he is. 1885 ‘H. Conway’ Family Affair I. i. 3 A child still young enough to be passed off as a child in arms. 1945 ‘G. Orwell’ in Tribune 9 Nov. 10/3 He..attempted to pass himself off as an ordinary soldier of the Wehrmacht. 2000 W. Self How Dead Live (2001) xv. 352 Charlotte..has no difficulty passing herself off as a goy. 2. a. intransitive. To fall into disuse; to cease gradually to exist; to elapse. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > non-existence > be non-existent [verb (intransitive)] > end or cease to exist tirec725 endOE forfareOE goc1175 fleec1200 to wend awayc1225 diea1240 to-melta1240 to pass awaya1325 flit1340 perishc1350 vanisha1375 decorre1377 cease1382 dispend1393 failc1400 overshakec1425 surcease1439 adrawc1450 fall1523 decease1538 define1562 fleet1576 expire1595 evanish1597 extinguish1599 extirp1606 disappear1623 evaporatea1631 trans-shift1648 annihilate1656 exolve1657 cancela1667 to pass off1699 to burn out, forth1832 spark1845 to die out1853 to come, go, etc. by the board1859 sputter1964 1699 T. Forrester Rev. & Exam. Scripture-grounds i. 10 in Hierarchical Bishops Claim Their office was extraordinary, and passed off like that of the Apostles with that first infant state and exigence of the Church. 1728 J. Thomson Spring 2 And see where surly Winter passes off, Far to the North, and calls his ruffian Blasts. 1861 F. W. Headland Med. Handbk. 160 Remittent fever instead of intermitting at distinct periods, passes off after a variable time, and then recurs. 1979 B. Bainbridge Another Part of Wood vii. 133 Love does exist... All I know is it passes off. b. intransitive. Of a vapour or other substance: to leave or come away from, esp. by evaporation. Also figurative. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > go away [verb (intransitive)] > go away quietly or gradually (of things) to-glidea1000 atslip?c1225 atslikec1400 to pass off1708 cut1836 silt1863 1708 J. Keill Acct. Animal Secretion i. 131 The Water passes off thro' the Pores or Excretory Ducts of the Plant. 1794 J. MacPhail Treat. Culture Cucumber 92 A little air was given to it to let the steam pass off. 1839 A. Ure Dict. Arts 166 Openings, which allow the smoke to pass off into a low bell-chimney. 1860 Amer. Agriculturist Dec. 354/3 With proper heat, the liquid portion of their food, probably passes off in the form of vapor, leaving the more solid part as fæces. 1876 R. Routledge Discov. & Inventions 19th Cent. 565 The cold lid re-condenses the vapour, which would otherwise escape with the nitrous fumes that pass off by the pipe. 1933 S. W. Cole Pract. Physiol. Chem. (ed. 9) i. 38 Positively charged silver ions pass off, leaving the metal with a negative charge. 1939 H. Miller Tropic of Capricorn 106 The spiritual part of the being passes off like a scum, leaves absolutely no evidence or trace of its passage. 3. intransitive. Of a proceeding, social event, etc.: to be carried through and completed. Usually with modifying adverb or adjunct, expressing degree of success. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > occurrence > [verb (intransitive)] > go or proceed yernc900 proceed?a1439 to pass off1752 the world > action or operation > carrying out > execute, perform, or carry out [verb (intransitive)] > be carried out to take placea1464 stand1488 to pass off1752 to rub off1784 to come off1826 1752 C. Lennox Female Quixote II. vii. ii. 127 Day's Journey passed off, without any Accident worthy relating. 1788 E. Sheridan Let. in Betsy Sheridan's Jrnl. (1986) vi. 141 Our day pass'd off very well—no awkwardness or unpleasantness of any kind. 1847 J. M. Hollingsworth Jrnl. 12 June (1923) 29 Gave the people here a splendid ball. Every thing passed of [sic] well. 1891 Leeds Mercury 2 May 6/3 The Labour Demonstrations throughout Europe yesterday passed off on the whole more peaceably than was anticipated. 1995 Independent 11 Oct. 2/3 We are quite confident this will pass off without trouble. 4. transitive. To ward off or deal with (a remark, threat, etc.) lightly, glibly, or humorously. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > escape > escape from [verb (transitive)] > contrive to escape or evade > treat with evasion to put by1618 to put off1630 stave1646 parry1687 to pass off1811 to stall off1819 to stand off1871 1811 J. Austen Sense & Sensibility III. ix. 195 Instead of an enquiry, she passed it off with a smile. View more context for this quotation 1890 A. Gissing Village Hampden III. xi. 238 The young man passed off lightly all such reference. 1938 S. Rosenzweig in H. A. Murray Explor. in Personality vi. 587 He..will pass off the frustration as lightly as possible. 1992 B. Adams Brought to Book 91 The tarot card..could have been passed off as a sick joke. < as lemmas |
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