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

1. intransitive. Nautical. Of a vessel (esp. a sailing vessel): to move away from the coast, another vessel, etc., without losing contact. Cf. to stand out 5 at Phrasal verbs 1, main sense 41b.

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society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > direct or manage ship [verb (intransitive)] > head in a certain course or direction > sail away from shore or ships

to stand off1591

to stand away1600

to bear away1614

to stand out to sea1625

outstand1866

off1882

1591 Hortop's Trauailes Eng. Man (rev. ed.) 16 The Minion was forced to set saile & stand off from vs, and come to an ancor without shot of the Iland.

a1661 J. Glanville Voy. Cadiz (1883) 117 Wee tacked about againe and stood off to Sea.

1764 J. Byron in J. Hawkesworth Voy. (1785) I. 13 Having stood off in the night, we now wore and stood in again.

1891 Longman's Mag. Oct. 591 Howard..had to tack and stand off to sea.

1968 N.Y. Times 13 Aug. 36/1 A deciding heat was scheduled, but to everyone's embarrassment, the Bluenose..was sighted standing off to sea.

2007 Irish Times (Nexis) 17 Jan. 1 A container ship..steamed to the area and located the two men in the life raft. The ship stood off while both were winched on board the helicopter.

a. intransitive. To remain at or withdraw to a standing position further away; to move or stay away.Chiefly in imperative in early use.

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the world > space > distance > distance or farness > be or remain at a distance [verb (intransitive)]

to stand apart1538

to stand off1600

to hold off1604

to keep awaya1616

to keep offa1616

distance1658

to keep one's luff1682

to keep back1836

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > go away [verb (intransitive)] > to some distance

elongc1500

to stand away1567

to stand off1600

1600 A. Munday et al. First Pt. True Hist. Sir I. Old-castle sig. H3^v Lieft. Lay hold on him. Harp. Stand off if you loue your puddings.

1631 B. Jonson New Inne iv. iii. 23 She is some Giantesse! Ile stand off, For feare she swallow me.

1717 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad III. x. 93 Stand off, approach not, but thy Purpose tell.

1890 Graphic Summer No. 14/2 The rider..told him with a curse to stand off.

1997 I. Sinclair Lights out for Territory (1998) 157 Atkins and I stood off to watch this amazing head-to-head.

b. intransitive. figurative. To maintain distance between oneself and another person, group, etc., with respect to one's attitudes, actions, or interests; to be aloof, unhelpful, or unaccommodating. Frequently with from.

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the mind > emotion > absence of emotion > lack sensitivity [verb (intransitive)] > be emotionally detached

to stand off1602

1602 J. Colleton Iust Def. Slandered Priestes iii. 95 There were but ten or 12, at most, who stood off, to admit the authoritie.

1622 J. Mabbe tr. M. Alemán Rogue ii. 265 I did not stand off, but gaue him all that he had giuen me.

1705 tr. W. Bosman New Descr. Coast of Guinea xi. 175 Though I desired nothing more, yet I stood off as though I was not to be perswaded to that.

1889 Universal Rev. Sept. 32 He has politicly stood off from her appeals.

1994 L. de Bernières Capt. Corelli's Mandolin xxv. 164 The two populations stood off from each other, defusing by means of jokes the guilty suspicion on the one side and the livid resentment on the other.

2009 Daily Mirror (Nexis) 10 June The Bank of England which has stood off from direct help for the corporate sector, fearing a long a line of supplicants at its door.

c. transitive. U.S. colloquial. Originally: †to put off, evade (a questioner, creditor, etc.) (obsolete). Later: to keep off, keep at a distance; to repel, keep at bay.

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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

1871 Evening Jrnl. (Indianapolis) 2 Oct. House..was endeavoring Saturday night to pay the remainder to Sol. Moritz, on a suit of clothes, and ‘stand him off’ for the balance.

1887 F. Francis Saddle & Mocassin 181 Loop-holed! Well, the men who built this place expected occasionally to have to ‘stand off’ irate Mexicans.

1938 W. Smitter F.O.B. Detroit ix. 75 She's not hard-boiled. That's only put on to stand off the tough guys that she danced with.

1954 Washington Post 18 June 1/3 The challenger..stood him off with lefts and landed two hard rights to the heart.

2001 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 28 Oct. iv. 1/4 After Grant outflanked the Confederates and encircled Vicksburg, they stood him off for weeks.

d. transitive. Chiefly British. To discharge (a worker) temporarily or permanently, typically because of a shortage of work (frequently in passive). Also intransitive: (of a worker) to be discharged in this way. Cf. to stand down 5b at Phrasal verbs 1, to lay off 6 at lay v.¹ Phrasal verbs. Now somewhat dated.

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society > occupation and work > lack of work > [verb (transitive)] > lay off temporarily

to stand off1910

society > occupation and work > lack of work > [verb (intransitive)] > be unemployed > temporarily

to stand off1910

1910 Co-operator (Sydney) 20 July 9/6 In wet weather they were stood off at times and at other times they had to work.

1927 A. M. Carr-Saunders & D. C. Jones Surv. Social Struct. Eng. & Wales 135 It is not uncommon for indentures to contain a clause enabling the employer to ‘stand off’ the apprentice without pay if there is no work for him.

1940 H. G. Wells New World Order §5. 58 A state of five million people with half a million of useless hands, will be twice as unstable as forty million with two million standing off.

2018 Surrey Mirror (Nexis) 19 Apr. 36 The In Bloom volunteers were ‘stood off’ on Saturday because of the annual Horticultural Spring Show being held at Tatsfield Village Hall.

†3. intransitive. Of a thing: to remain apart, distinct, or separate (from something else). Also figurative: to differ. Obsolete.

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the world > relative properties > relationship > difference > be different [verb (intransitive)]

diversec1384

discorda1387

swervea1400

differ?c1400

varyc1400

differencec1425

square?c1450

abhor1531

repugna1538

dissent1539

recede1570

discrepate1590

ablude1610

decline1615

to stand offa1616

particularize1637

distinguish1649

deviate1692

to stand apart1709

veer1796

to be a long way from1917

the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > separate, come, or go apart [verb (intransitive)] > remain separate

to stand offa1616

the world > space > distance > distance or farness > be or remain at a distance [verb (intransitive)] > of things

to stand off1705

a1616 W. Shakespeare All's Well that ends Well (1623) ii. iii. 121 Strange is it that our bloods Of colour, waight, and heat, pour'd all together, Would quite confound distinction: yet stands off In differences so mightie.

1644 J. Goodwin Θεομαχια 52 Your judgements stand off from the cause..and you can see nothing of God in it.

1705 J. Collier Ess. Moral Subj.: Pt. III i. 16 The Flames being observ'd to stand off, and not touch his body.

4. intransitive. Of a thing: to project, protrude, jut out (from a surface, etc.). Also (and in earliest use) figurative: to be conspicuous or prominent. Cf. to stand out 1a at Phrasal verbs 1.In quot. 1624: (of a picture) to appear as if in relief.

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society > communication > manifestation > [verb (intransitive)] > strikingly

shinec1340

to stand fortha1425

to stick out1612

to stick off1613

to stand offa1616

stare1645

glare1712

to stand out1824

to burn out, forth1834

the world > space > shape > unevenness > projection or prominence > project or be prominent [verb (intransitive)]

tootc897

shootc1000

to come outOE

abuta1250

to stand outc1330

steek?c1335

risea1398

jutty14..

proferc1400

strutc1405

to stick upa1500

issuec1515

butt1523

to stick outc1540

jut1565

to run out1565

jet1593

gag1599

poke1599

proke1600

boke1601

prosiliate1601

relish1611

shoulder1611

to stand offa1616

protrude1704

push1710

projecta1712

protend1726

outstand1755

shove1850

outjut1851

extrude1852

bracket1855

to corbel out1861

to set out1892

pier1951

society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > relief and texture > [verb (intransitive)] > appear as if in relief

to stand offa1616

a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry V (1623) ii. ii. 100 'Tis so strange, That though the truth of it stands off as grosse As blacke and white, my eye will scarsely see it.

1624 H. Wotton Elements Archit. ii. 84 Picture is best when it standeth off, as if it were carued.

1740 H. Bracken Farriery Improv'd (ed. 2) II. i. 32 The farther the Back Sinew stands off from the Bone, the better it is.

1819 W. Irving Sketch Bk. v. 408 The parson was a little, meagre, black-looking man, with a grizzled wig that was too wide, and stood off from each ear.

1933 Washington Post 20 Aug. ii. 6/7 The stiff wing collar which stands off from the shoulders in a fly-away fashion.

2009 Jrnl. Crustacean Biol. 29 165/2 A small process..stands off from the lacinia like the foot of an L.

单词	to stand off
释义	> as lemmas to stand off to stand off 1. intransitive. Nautical. Of a vessel (esp. a sailing vessel): to move away from the coast, another vessel, etc., without losing contact. Cf. to stand out 5 at Phrasal verbs 1, main sense 41b. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > direct or manage ship [verb (intransitive)] > head in a certain course or direction > sail away from shore or ships to stand off1591 to stand away1600 to bear away1614 to stand out to sea1625 outstand1866 off1882 1591 Hortop's Trauailes Eng. Man (rev. ed.) 16 The Minion was forced to set saile & stand off from vs, and come to an ancor without shot of the Iland. a1661 J. Glanville Voy. Cadiz (1883) 117 Wee tacked about againe and stood off to Sea. 1764 J. Byron in J. Hawkesworth Voy. (1785) I. 13 Having stood off in the night, we now wore and stood in again. 1891 Longman's Mag. Oct. 591 Howard..had to tack and stand off to sea. 1968 N.Y. Times 13 Aug. 36/1 A deciding heat was scheduled, but to everyone's embarrassment, the Bluenose..was sighted standing off to sea. 2007 Irish Times (Nexis) 17 Jan. 1 A container ship..steamed to the area and located the two men in the life raft. The ship stood off while both were winched on board the helicopter. 2. a. intransitive. To remain at or withdraw to a standing position further away; to move or stay away.Chiefly in imperative in early use. ΘΚΠ the world > space > distance > distance or farness > be or remain at a distance [verb (intransitive)] to stand apart1538 to stand off1600 to hold off1604 to keep awaya1616 to keep offa1616 distance1658 to keep one's luff1682 to keep back1836 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > go away [verb (intransitive)] > to some distance elongc1500 to stand away1567 to stand off1600 1600 A. Munday et al. First Pt. True Hist. Sir I. Old-castle sig. H3^v Lieft. Lay hold on him. Harp. Stand off if you loue your puddings. 1631 B. Jonson New Inne iv. iii. 23 She is some Giantesse! Ile stand off, For feare she swallow me. 1717 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad III. x. 93 Stand off, approach not, but thy Purpose tell. 1890 Graphic Summer No. 14/2 The rider..told him with a curse to stand off. 1997 I. Sinclair Lights out for Territory (1998) 157 Atkins and I stood off to watch this amazing head-to-head. b. intransitive. figurative. To maintain distance between oneself and another person, group, etc., with respect to one's attitudes, actions, or interests; to be aloof, unhelpful, or unaccommodating. Frequently with from. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > absence of emotion > lack sensitivity [verb (intransitive)] > be emotionally detached to stand off1602 1602 J. Colleton Iust Def. Slandered Priestes iii. 95 There were but ten or 12, at most, who stood off, to admit the authoritie. 1622 J. Mabbe tr. M. Alemán Rogue ii. 265 I did not stand off, but gaue him all that he had giuen me. 1705 tr. W. Bosman New Descr. Coast of Guinea xi. 175 Though I desired nothing more, yet I stood off as though I was not to be perswaded to that. 1889 Universal Rev. Sept. 32 He has politicly stood off from her appeals. 1994 L. de Bernières Capt. Corelli's Mandolin xxv. 164 The two populations stood off from each other, defusing by means of jokes the guilty suspicion on the one side and the livid resentment on the other. 2009 Daily Mirror (Nexis) 10 June The Bank of England which has stood off from direct help for the corporate sector, fearing a long a line of supplicants at its door. c. transitive. U.S. colloquial. Originally: †to put off, evade (a questioner, creditor, etc.) (obsolete). Later: to keep off, keep at a distance; to repel, keep at bay. 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 1871 Evening Jrnl. (Indianapolis) 2 Oct. House..was endeavoring Saturday night to pay the remainder to Sol. Moritz, on a suit of clothes, and ‘stand him off’ for the balance. 1887 F. Francis Saddle & Mocassin 181 Loop-holed! Well, the men who built this place expected occasionally to have to ‘stand off’ irate Mexicans. 1938 W. Smitter F.O.B. Detroit ix. 75 She's not hard-boiled. That's only put on to stand off the tough guys that she danced with. 1954 Washington Post 18 June 1/3 The challenger..stood him off with lefts and landed two hard rights to the heart. 2001 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 28 Oct. iv. 1/4 After Grant outflanked the Confederates and encircled Vicksburg, they stood him off for weeks. d. transitive. Chiefly British. To discharge (a worker) temporarily or permanently, typically because of a shortage of work (frequently in passive). Also intransitive: (of a worker) to be discharged in this way. Cf. to stand down 5b at Phrasal verbs 1, to lay off 6 at lay v.¹ Phrasal verbs. Now somewhat dated. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > lack of work > [verb (transitive)] > lay off temporarily to stand off1910 society > occupation and work > lack of work > [verb (intransitive)] > be unemployed > temporarily to stand off1910 1910 Co-operator (Sydney) 20 July 9/6 In wet weather they were stood off at times and at other times they had to work. 1927 A. M. Carr-Saunders & D. C. Jones Surv. Social Struct. Eng. & Wales 135 It is not uncommon for indentures to contain a clause enabling the employer to ‘stand off’ the apprentice without pay if there is no work for him. 1940 H. G. Wells New World Order §5. 58 A state of five million people with half a million of useless hands, will be twice as unstable as forty million with two million standing off. 2018 Surrey Mirror (Nexis) 19 Apr. 36 The In Bloom volunteers were ‘stood off’ on Saturday because of the annual Horticultural Spring Show being held at Tatsfield Village Hall. †3. intransitive. Of a thing: to remain apart, distinct, or separate (from something else). Also figurative: to differ. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > difference > be different [verb (intransitive)] diversec1384 discorda1387 swervea1400 differ?c1400 varyc1400 differencec1425 square?c1450 abhor1531 repugna1538 dissent1539 recede1570 discrepate1590 ablude1610 decline1615 to stand offa1616 particularize1637 distinguish1649 deviate1692 to stand apart1709 veer1796 to be a long way from1917 the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > separate, come, or go apart [verb (intransitive)] > remain separate to stand offa1616 the world > space > distance > distance or farness > be or remain at a distance [verb (intransitive)] > of things to stand off1705 a1616 W. Shakespeare All's Well that ends Well (1623) ii. iii. 121 Strange is it that our bloods Of colour, waight, and heat, pour'd all together, Would quite confound distinction: yet stands off In differences so mightie. View more context for this quotation 1644 J. Goodwin Θεομαχια 52 Your judgements stand off from the cause..and you can see nothing of God in it. 1705 J. Collier Ess. Moral Subj.: Pt. III i. 16 The Flames being observ'd to stand off, and not touch his body. 4. intransitive. Of a thing: to project, protrude, jut out (from a surface, etc.). Also (and in earliest use) figurative: to be conspicuous or prominent. Cf. to stand out 1a at Phrasal verbs 1.In quot. 1624: (of a picture) to appear as if in relief. ΘΚΠ society > communication > manifestation > [verb (intransitive)] > strikingly shinec1340 to stand fortha1425 to stick out1612 to stick off1613 to stand offa1616 stare1645 glare1712 to stand out1824 to burn out, forth1834 the world > space > shape > unevenness > projection or prominence > project or be prominent [verb (intransitive)] tootc897 shootc1000 to come outOE abuta1250 to stand outc1330 steek?c1335 risea1398 jutty14.. proferc1400 strutc1405 to stick upa1500 issuec1515 butt1523 to stick outc1540 jut1565 to run out1565 jet1593 gag1599 poke1599 proke1600 boke1601 prosiliate1601 relish1611 shoulder1611 to stand offa1616 protrude1704 push1710 projecta1712 protend1726 outstand1755 shove1850 outjut1851 extrude1852 bracket1855 to corbel out1861 to set out1892 pier1951 society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > relief and texture > [verb (intransitive)] > appear as if in relief to stand offa1616 a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry V (1623) ii. ii. 100 'Tis so strange, That though the truth of it stands off as grosse As blacke and white, my eye will scarsely see it. 1624 H. Wotton Elements Archit. ii. 84 Picture is best when it standeth off, as if it were carued. 1740 H. Bracken Farriery Improv'd (ed. 2) II. i. 32 The farther the Back Sinew stands off from the Bone, the better it is. 1819 W. Irving Sketch Bk. v. 408 The parson was a little, meagre, black-looking man, with a grizzled wig that was too wide, and stood off from each ear. 1933 Washington Post 20 Aug. ii. 6/7 The stiff wing collar which stands off from the shoulders in a fly-away fashion. 2009 Jrnl. Crustacean Biol. 29 165/2 A small process..stands off from the lacinia like the foot of an L. extracted from standv. < as lemmas
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