| 单词 | offset |
| 释义 | offset n. & v. --n 1. a side-shoot from a plant serving for propagation. 2. an offshoot or scion. 3. a compensation; a consideration or amount diminishing or neutralizing the effect of a contrary one. 4. Archit. a sloping ledge in a wall etc. where the thickness of the part above is diminished. 5. a mountain-spur. 6. a bend in a pipe etc. to carry it past an obstacle. 7. (often attrib.) a method of printing in which ink is transferred from a plate or stone to a uniform rubber surface and from there to paper etc. (offset litho). 8. Surveying a short distance measured perpendicularly from the main line of measurement. --vtr. (-setting; past and past part. -set) 1. counterbalance, compensate. 2. place out of line. 3. print by the offset process. |
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