off

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj. 副词 adv. 介词 prep.
/ɒf/|/ɔːf/    /ɔf/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Beginning; starting point. uncountable,usually
    — He has been very obviously an untrustworthy narrator right from the off.
动词 v.
  1. To kill. slang,transitive
    — Most sorely missed is the relationship between Eggsy and Colin Firth’s delightfully avuncular mentor figure Harry Hart, who was offed, seemingly definitively with a bullet to the brain towards its end.
  2. To switch off. Nigeria,Philippines,Singapore,transitive
    — Can you off the light?
形容词 adj.
  1. Inoperative, disabled. predicative
    — All the lights are off.
  2. Cancelled; not happening. predicative
    — The party's off because the hostess is sick.
  3. Not fitted; not being worn.
    — Your feet will feel better once those tight boots are off.
  4. Denoting something faulty, unsatisfactory, objectionable etc.; Not correct; not properly formed; not logical, harmonious, etc.
    — This calculation is off: the numbers don't add up.
  5. Denoting something faulty, unsatisfactory, objectionable etc.; Inappropriate; untoward. predicative
    — I felt that his comments were a bit off.
  6. Denoting something faulty, unsatisfactory, objectionable etc.; Less than normal, in temperament or in result.
    — sales are off this quarter
  7. Denoting something faulty, unsatisfactory, objectionable etc.; Designating a time when one is not performing to the best of one's abilities.
  8. Denoting something faulty, unsatisfactory, objectionable etc.; Rancid, rotten, gone bad. UK
    — This milk is off!
  9. Denoting something faulty, unsatisfactory, objectionable etc.; Disgusting, repulsive, abhorrent. Australia,broadly,slang
  10. Circumstanced. usually
    — Our family used to be well off; now we're very badly off.
  11. Started on the way.
    — off to see the wizard
  12. Far; off to the side.
    — He took me down the corridor and into an off room.
  13. Temporarily not attending a usual place, such as work or school, especially owing to illness or holiday.
    — John's off today. He's back on Wednesday.
  14. Designating a time when one is not strictly attentive to business or affairs, or is absent from a post, and, hence, a time when affairs are not urgent.
    — He took an off day for fishing.  an off year in politics; the off season
  15. Presently unavailable. (of a dish on a menu) predicative
    — I'll have the chicken please. — Sorry, chicken's off today.
  16. On the side furthest from the kerb (the right-hand side if one drives on the left). UK
    — The off front wheel came loose.
  17. In, or towards the half of the field away from the batsman's legs; the right side for a right-handed batsman.
  18. Offsuit. slang
副词 adv.
  1. In a direction away from the speaker or other reference point. not-comparable
    — He drove off in a cloud of smoke.
  2. Into a state of non-operation or non-existence. not-comparable
    — Please switch off the light when you leave.
  3. So as to remove or separate, or be removed or separated. not-comparable
    — He bit off the end of the carrot.
  4. Offstage. not-comparable
    — noises off
  5. Used in various other ways specific to individual idiomatic phrases, e.g. bring off, show off, put off, tell off, etc. See the entry for the individual phrase. not-comparable
介词 prep.
  1. Not positioned upon, or away from a position upon.
    — He's off the roof now.
  2. Detached, separated, excluded or disconnected from; away from a position of attachment or connection to.
    — The phone is off the hook
  3. Outside the area or region of.
    — The suspect is now believed to be off the campus.
  4. Temporarily not attending (a usual place), especially owing to illness or holiday.
    — off work; off school
  5. Used to indicate the location or direction of one thing relative to another, implying adjacency or accessibility via.
    — His office is off this corridor on the right.
  6. Used to indicate the location or direction of one thing relative to another, implying adjacency or accessibility via.; Used to express location at sea relative to land or mainland.
    — The island is 23 miles off the cape.
  7. Removed or subtracted from.
    — There's 20% off the list price.
  8. No longer wanting or taking.
    — He's been off his feed since Tuesday.
  9. Out of the possession of. colloquial
    — He didn't buy it off him. He stole it off him.
  10. Placed after a number (of products or parts, as if a unit), in commerce or engineering.
    — I'd like to re-order those printer cartridges, let's say 5-off.
  11. Under the influence of. slang
    — The guy was off a perc.
  12. As a result of. informal
    — The team won off a late-game fumble by an opposing player.

词形变化

offn alternative,English,Scotland,US,regional more off comparative most off superlative offn alternative,English,Scotland,US,regional offn alternative,English,Scotland,US,regional offs present,singular,third-person offing participle,present offed participle,past offed past offn alternative,English,Scotland,US,regional offn alternative,English,Scotland,US,regional

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep
Proto-Indo-European *-o
Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó
Proto-Germanic *ab
Proto-West Germanic *ab
Old English æf
Old English of
Middle English of
English off
From Middle English of, from Old English of, af, æf (“from, off, away”), from Proto-West Germanic *ab, from Proto-Germanic *ab (“from”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂epo (“from, off, back”). Doublet of of.
Cognates
Cognate with Scots aff (“away, off”), Saterland Frisian oawe, ou (“from”), West Frisian ôf (“away, off”), Dutch af (“from, off”), German ab (“from, off”), German Low German, Luxembourgish of (“off”), Yiddish אָפּ (op, “off”), Danish, Icelandic af (“from, off”), Faroese, Norwegian Bokmål and Norwegian Nynorsk av (“off”), Swedish af, av (“off”), Gothic 𐌰𐍆 (af, “of, from”); and with Latin ab (“of, from, by”), Ancient Greek ἀπό (apó, “from”), and others.
词源 2
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep
Proto-Indo-European *-o
Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó
Proto-Germanic *ab
Proto-West Germanic *ab
Old English æf
Old English of
Middle English of
English off
From Middle English of, from Old English of, af, æf (“from, off, away”), from Proto-West Germanic *ab, from Proto-Germanic *ab (“from”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂epo (“from, off, back”). Doublet of of.
Cognates
Cognate with Scots aff (“away, off”), Saterland Frisian oawe, ou (“from”), West Frisian ôf (“away, off”), Dutch af (“from, off”), German ab (“from, off”), German Low German, Luxembourgish of (“off”), Yiddish אָפּ (op, “off”), Danish, Icelandic af (“from, off”), Faroese, Norwegian Bokmål and Norwegian Nynorsk av (“off”), Swedish af, av (“off”), Gothic 𐌰𐍆 (af, “of, from”); and with Latin ab (“of, from, by”), Ancient Greek ἀπό (apó, “from”), and others.
词源 3
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep
Proto-Indo-European *-o
Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó
Proto-Germanic *ab
Proto-West Germanic *ab
Old English æf
Old English of
Middle English of
English off
From Middle English of, from Old English of, af, æf (“from, off, away”), from Proto-West Germanic *ab, from Proto-Germanic *ab (“from”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂epo (“from, off, back”). Doublet of of.
Cognates
Cognate with Scots aff (“away, off”), Saterland Frisian oawe, ou (“from”), West Frisian ôf (“away, off”), Dutch af (“from, off”), German ab (“from, off”), German Low German, Luxembourgish of (“off”), Yiddish אָפּ (op, “off”), Danish, Icelandic af (“from, off”), Faroese, Norwegian Bokmål and Norwegian Nynorsk av (“off”), Swedish af, av (“off”), Gothic 𐌰𐍆 (af, “of, from”); and with Latin ab (“of, from, by”), Ancient Greek ἀπό (apó, “from”), and others.
词源 4
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep
Proto-Indo-European *-o
Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó
Proto-Germanic *ab
Proto-West Germanic *ab
Old English æf
Old English of
Middle English of
English off
From Middle English of, from Old English of, af, æf (“from, off, away”), from Proto-West Germanic *ab, from Proto-Germanic *ab (“from”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂epo (“from, off, back”). Doublet of of.
Cognates
Cognate with Scots aff (“away, off”), Saterland Frisian oawe, ou (“from”), West Frisian ôf (“away, off”), Dutch af (“from, off”), German ab (“from, off”), German Low German, Luxembourgish of (“off”), Yiddish אָפּ (op, “off”), Danish, Icelandic af (“from, off”), Faroese, Norwegian Bokmål and Norwegian Nynorsk av (“off”), Swedish af, av (“off”), Gothic 𐌰𐍆 (af, “of, from”); and with Latin ab (“of, from, by”), Ancient Greek ἀπό (apó, “from”), and others.
词源 5
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep
Proto-Indo-European *-o
Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó
Proto-Germanic *ab
Proto-West Germanic *ab
Old English æf
Old English of
Middle English of
English off
From Middle English of, from Old English of, af, æf (“from, off, away”), from Proto-West Germanic *ab, from Proto-Germanic *ab (“from”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂epo (“from, off, back”). Doublet of of.
Cognates
Cognate with Scots aff (“away, off”), Saterland Frisian oawe, ou (“from”), West Frisian ôf (“away, off”), Dutch af (“from, off”), German ab (“from, off”), German Low German, Luxembourgish of (“off”), Yiddish אָפּ (op, “off”), Danish, Icelandic af (“from, off”), Faroese, Norwegian Bokmål and Norwegian Nynorsk av (“off”), Swedish af, av (“off”), Gothic 𐌰𐍆 (af, “of, from”); and with Latin ab (“of, from, by”), Ancient Greek ἀπό (apó, “from”), and others.
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