off
adverb For the special uses of off in phrasal verbs, look at the entries for the verbs. For example come off is in the phrasal verb section at come.Idioms-
used to say that something has been removed or become separated 從…去掉;從…移開 -
not connected or functioning 未連接;不工作 -
away from a place; at a distance in space or time 離開(某處);(在時間或空間上)距,離 I called him but he ran off. 我喊他,可他跑開了。 He fell off a ladder and broke his arm. 他從梯子上摔下來,摔斷了胳膊。 Sarah's off in India somewhere. 薩拉遠在印度某地。 I must be off (= I must leave) soon. 我得趕緊走了。 Summer's not far off now. 夏天已近在眼前了。 A solution is still some way off. 解決辦法尚需時日。 Off you go! Enjoy yourselves! 你走吧!玩得開心!
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away from work or duty 休假;休息 She's off today. 她今天休假。 I've got three days off next week. 我下周有三天休假。 How many days did you take off? 你休了幾天假? I need some time off. 我需要休息一段時間。
starting a race 起跑 -
taken from the price 減價的;削價的 shoes with $20 off 減價 20 美元的鞋 All shirts have/are 10 per cent off. 所有襯衫都打九折。
no longer going to happen; cancelled 不再會發生;被取消 - (especially British English)
(of an item on a menu )菜單中的項目 no longer available or being served 沒有;不再供應 behind or at the sides of the stage in a theatre synonym offstage在劇院舞台的後面(或旁邊)
Word OriginOld English, originally a variant of of (which combined the senses of ‘of’ and ‘off’).
Idioms
be better/worse off (doing something)
be off for something
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to have a particular amount of something see also badly off有一定數量的東西
be well/better/badly, etc. off
off and on/on and off