offset

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj. 副词 adv.
中文释义
英 /ˈɒf.sɛt/    美 /ˈɔf.sɛt/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Anything that acts as counterbalance; a compensating equivalent.
    — Today's victory was an offset to yesterday's defeat.
  2. A form of countertrade arrangement, in which the seller agrees to purchase within a set time frame products of a certain value from the buying country. This kind of agreement may be used in large international public sector contracts such as arms sales.
  3. A time at which something begins; outset.
    — Later, Timberlake would tell Playboy that he noticed Ryan's talent from the offset, saying, 'I thought he had charisma that was just beaming, which has turned out to serve him really well as an actor.'
  4. The offset printing process, in which ink is carried from a metal plate to a rubber blanket and from there to the printing surface. attributive,often
    — offset lithographs
  5. The difference between a target memory address and a base address.
    — An array of bytes uses its index as the offset, of words a multiple thereof.
  6. The displacement between the base level of a measurement and the signal's real base level.
    — The raw signal data was subjected to a baseline correction process to subtract the sensor's offset and drift variations.
  7. The distance by which one thing is out of alignment with another.
    — There is a small offset between the switch and the indicator which some users found confusing.
  8. A short distance measured at right angles from a line actually run to some point in an irregular boundary, or to some object.
  9. An abrupt bend in an object, such as a rod, by which one part is turned aside out of line, but nearly parallel, with the rest; the part thus bent aside.
  10. A short prostrate shoot that takes root and produces a tuft of leaves, etc.
    — […] [I]nfected tulips are weakened by the viruses that cause the very patterns and swirls that fascinated horticulturists and investors in the first place. Such bulbs tend to dwindle away instead of fattening up and producing offsets.
  11. A spur from a range of hills or mountains.
  12. A horizontal ledge on the face of a wall, formed by a diminution of its thickness, or by the weathering or upper surface of a part built out from it; a set-off.
  13. A terrace on a hillside.
动词 v.
  1. To counteract or compensate for, by applying a change in the opposite direction. transitive
    — I'll offset the time difference locally.
  2. To place out of line. transitive
  3. To form an offset in (a wall, rod, pipe, etc.). transitive
形容词 adj.
  1. Away from or off from the set of a movie, film, video, or play.
    — By then, the cast had become good friends and spent all their offset time together.
副词 adv.
  1. Away from or off from the set of a movie, film, video, or play.
    — Offset Riley is romantically involved with Alexandra Maria Lara, who plays lan Curtis's lover Annik Honoré in Control.

词形变化

offsets plural off-set alternative offsets present,singular,third-person offsetting participle,present offset participle,past offset past offsetted participle,past,rare offsetted past,rare off-set alternative more offset comparative most offset superlative off-set alternative more offset comparative most offset superlative off-set alternative

词汇关系

近义词
compensate for counterbalance countervail equivalence offlay offset offstand set off
反义词
surmount overcome overpoise overpower
上位词
compensate counteract
下位词
hedge hedge one's bets
相关词
equiponderate

词源

词源 1
From off- + set, used to construct the noun form of the verb to set off. Compare Middle English ofsetten (“to encumber, harass, beset, besiege”), from Old English ofsettan (“to press, oppress, overwhelm, crush”).
词源 2
From off- + set, used to construct the noun form of the verb to set off. Compare Middle English ofsetten (“to encumber, harass, beset, besiege”), from Old English ofsettan (“to press, oppress, overwhelm, crush”).
词源 3
From off- + set, used to construct the noun form of the verb to set off. Compare Middle English ofsetten (“to encumber, harass, beset, besiege”), from Old English ofsettan (“to press, oppress, overwhelm, crush”).
词源 4
From off- + set, used to construct the noun form of the verb to set off. Compare Middle English ofsetten (“to encumber, harass, beset, besiege”), from Old English ofsettan (“to press, oppress, overwhelm, crush”).
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