单词 | off-message |
释义 | off /of/adverb
Used to signify a knockout competitive event, esp one held to decide a draw, as in jump-off, play-off, swim-off adjective
Away! depart! ORIGIN: Orig variant of of, distinguished from it by the 17c offˈing noun
offˈish adjective Aloof in manner offˈishly adverb offˈishness noun offˈ-ward or offˈ-wards adverb Off or away from, esp the shore off-airˈ adjective
off-and-onˈ adjective
offˈ-beam adjective Mistaken, wrong-headed, misguided offˈbeat noun Any of the usu unaccented beats in a musical bar adjective
offˈ-board adjective (commerce) Of or relating to over-the-counter securities transactions off break noun (cricket) A ball that breaks from the offside towards the legside on pitching off-Broadˈway adjective
off-cenˈtre adjective Not quite central offˈ-chance or off chance noun A remote chance (on the offchance or on the off-chance (with that or of) just in case, in the hope of (something happening)) off-colˈour or off-colˈoured adjective
offˈ-come noun
offˈ-comer noun (informal) A person living in a place, esp a rural area, in which he or she was not born, an incomer offˈcut noun A small piece cut off or left over from a larger piece of some material (eg wood) offˈ-cutter noun (cricket) A fast bowler's delivery that moves from off to leg after pitching offˈ-day noun
off drive noun (cricket) A drive to the offside (also intransitive verb and transitive verb) offˈ-duty adjective Not on duty offˈ-fore adjective and noun (relating to) the right foreleg of a horse, opp to near-fore offˈ-grid adjective and adverb Not using one or more public utilities offhandˈ adverb
adjective /ofˈhand/
offˈhandˈed adjective offhandˈedly adverb offhandˈedness noun offhand grinding noun (engineering) Grinding in which the tool, eg a grinding wheel, is held in the hand and worked freely offˈ-job adjective Outside normal work duties and conditions offˈ-job training or offˈ-the-job training noun The part of a training course that a trainee follows away from the workplace at a college, etc, eg one day a week off-keyˈ adjective and adverb
offˈ-label adjective (US) (of a prescription drug) used to treat a condition for which the Food and Drug Administration has not approved it (also adverb) offˈ-licence noun
offˈ-limˈits adjective Prohibited, out of bounds offˈline or offˈ-line adjective and adverb (computing)
offˈload transitive verb and intransitive verb (orig S Afr)
off-messˈage adverb and adjective (politics) Not following the approved party line off-off-Broadway see off-Broadway above. offˈpeak adjective
offˈ-piste adjective Of or relating to skiing on new snow-surfaces, not on established tracks or runs offˈ-plan adjective Relating to a home, etc bought before (completion of) building on the basis of plans seen, or to the buyer of such a property offˈprint noun A reprint of a single article from a periodical offˈput noun (Scot) The act of putting off (in any sense) offˈ-putter noun offˈ-putting noun An act of putting off adjective
offˈ-puttingly adverb offˈ-ramp noun (chiefly N American) An exit road from a main thoroughfare off-reckˈoning noun
offˈ-road adjective
off-roadˈer noun An off-road vehicle off-roadˈing noun The practice of driving over rough terrain in specially designed vehicles, esp as a sport offˈsaddle transitive verb and intransitive verb To unsaddle off-salesˈ noun (S Afr) A shop where alcoholic drinks can be bought for consumption elsewhere offˈscouring noun
offˈscum noun Scum, refuse offˈseason noun, adjective and adverb (of or at) a time (for eg a holiday) other than the most popular and busy offˈset noun
adjective Set at an angle to the main alignment transitive verb /of-setˈ or ofˈset/
intransitive verb
offsetˈable (or /ofˈ/) adjective offset printing, offset lithography or offset-litho printing noun A method of printing lithographs, etc, by first taking an impression from a plate on a rubber cylinder and then transferring the impression to paper or metal, etc, using oil-based ink off-shakeˈ transitive verb (pap (Spenser) off-shaktˈ) To shake off offˈshoot noun A branch or derivative of anything offshoreˈ adverb
adjective /ofˈshōr or -shör/
transitive verb and intransitive verb /ofˈshōr or -shör/ (of a business enterprise) to transfer (work, jobs, etc) to another country, usu one where workers can be paid a lower wage offshore purchase noun A purchase by one country in another offˈside noun
adjective and adverb /of-sīdˈ/
offsīdˈer noun (Aust informal) A subordinate or sidekick offˈ-site adjective and adverb (working, happening, etc) away from a working site, etc offˈ-sorts plural noun Wool set aside in sorting, or unsuitable for a given purpose off spin noun (cricket) Spin imparted to a ball to cause an off break offˈ-spin adjective off spinner noun (cricket) Someone who bowls off breaks offˈspring noun
offˈ-stage adjective and adverb Not on the stage as visible to the spectators offˈ-stream adjective and adverb (of an industrial plant, etc) not in operation or production offˈ-street adjective (of parking) in a car park offˈtake noun
off-the-peg see under peg off-the-shelf see under shelf offˈ-white adjective Not quite white, rather, yellowish or greyish white noun A colour, paint, etc, that is off-white a bit off (informal) (of behaviour, etc) unfair or unacceptable badly off Not well-off, poor be off To go away quickly (as a command, also be off with you) break off and come off see under break1 and come from off From a position on go off and go off with see under go1 go off on one (slang) To lose one’s temper ill off Poor or ill provided in the offing
make off and make off with see under make1 off and on Occasionally, intermittently off beam or off the beam see under beam or see off-beam above. off duty see under duty off line same as offline above. off one's oats, feed, head, rocker or trolley see under oat, feed1, head, rock2 and trolley1 off the charts see under chart off the cuff see under cuff1 off the face or shoulder (of a woman's hat, dress, etc) so as to reveal the face or shoulder off the peg see under peg off the wall (orig US) See under wall off with Take off at once put off, show off or take off see under put1, show and take tell off see under tell1 walk off and walk off with see under walk1 well-off
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