off

美 [ɔːf]英 [ɒf]
  • adv.离开(某处);切断,停止,中止;没有,不再供应;(脱)掉(衣服),(取)下(首饰);(减)掉,(扣)掉(一定的价格);(在时间或空间上)距,离;(机器、电灯等)关掉,停掉,不再运转 ;光,完,尽,全部地;不再会发生,被取消;从…移开,从…脱离;(消)除,(去)除;不工作,不上学,休息;未连接;腐坏,变质;起跑;向一边;<戏>在舞台外;进入昏迷状态;<主英>作为同批生产
  • prep.从…离开,从…向下;(价格)减掉,降低;离(某地)不远,在…附近;从…移开,从…脱离;偏离…,失去…;低于…,差于…水平;避开(某话题);停服,停用(药物等),戒…;不去,不涉足(某处);从(交通工具)上下来;不再喜欢,不再想;不在从事…,在…后休息;以…为依靠;<口>从…(获得)
  • adj.不再举行的,延期的,不再生效的,取消的;(人)不工作的,休息着的,(时间)空闲的;错误的;(路等)分支的,次要的,非主要的;(车轮等)在右侧的,右边的;低于标准(或通常水平)的,较差的;腐坏的,变质的;(商业季节等)萧条的,淡的;<英口>不友好的,敌对的;(可能性)极小的;<英口>脸色不好的,身体不舒服的
  • n.(赛马的)开始;起跑;关掉(或断开、取消)状态;<板>右手击球员的左前方场地,左手击球员的右前方场地
  • v.走开,滚开,站开;<美俚>杀死(某人);<美俚>跟…性交

过去式: offed 现在分词: offing 过去分词: offed 第三人称单数: offs

offoff

adv.

1

离开(某处);(在时间或空间上)距,离
away from a place; at a distance in space or time

I called him but he ran off.

我喊他,可他跑开了。

Sarah's off in India somewhere.

萨拉远在印度某地。

I must be off soon (= leave) .

我必须很快离开这里。

Off you go!

你走吧!

Summer's not far off now.

夏天已近在眼前了。

A solution is still some way off.

解决办法尚需时日。

2

(用以表示除去了某物)
used to say that sth has been removed

He's had his beard shaved off.

他把胡子刮掉了。

Take your coat off.

脱了外衣吧。

Don't leave the toothpaste with the top off.

牙膏要盖上盖。

3

起跑
starting a race

They're off (= the race has begun) .

他们起跑了。

4

不再会发生;被取消
no longer going to happen; cancelled

The wedding is off.

婚礼被取消了。

5

未连接;不工作
not connected or functioning

The water is off.

停水了。

Make sure the TV is off.

请注意关掉电视机。

6

没有;不再供应
no longer available or being served

Sorry, the duck is off.

对不起,鸭子卖光了。

7

下班;休息
away from work or duty

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 ?

你休了几天假?

I need some time off .

我需要休息一段时间。

8

减价的;削价的
taken from the price

shoes with $20 off

减价20元的鞋

All shirts have/are 10% off.

衬衣全部减价10%。

9

在剧院舞台的后面(或旁边)
behind or at the sides of the stage in a theatre

习语

used to say how much money sb has

这项新法律将使每个家庭的经济较前宽裕。
Families will be better off under the new law (= will have more money) .

They are both comfortably off (= have enough money to be able to buy what they want without worrying too much about the cost) .

他们俩的生活都很宽裕。

to be in a better or worse situation

他不在身边她更快乐。
She's better off without him.

The weather was so bad we'd have been better off staying at home.

天气太糟了,我们要是待在家里就好了。

We can't be any worse off than we are already.

我们的状况已经糟得不能再糟了。

to have a particular amount of sth

我们还有多少咖啡?
How are we off for coffee (= how much do we have) ?

from time to time; now and again

雨断断续续地下了一整天。
It rained on and off all day.

prep.

1

从(某处)落下;离开;(时空上)离,距
down or away from a place or at a distance in space or time

I fell off the ladder.

我从梯子上跌了下来。

Keep off the grass!

勿践踏草坪!

an island off the coast of Spain

西班牙海岸附近的岛

They were still 100 metres off the summit.

他们距山顶还有100米远。

Scientists are still a long way off finding a cure.

科学家要找到一个治疗方法,还远着呢。

We're getting right off the subject.

我们完全离题了。

2

离开;偏离
leading away from sth, for example a road or room

We live off Main Street.

我们住在大街附近。

There's a bathroom off the main bedroom.

主卧室旁边有一个卫生间。

3

从…去掉;从…移开
used to say that sth has been removed

You need to take the top off the bottle first!

你得先把瓶盖子打开!

I want about an inch off the back of my hair.

我想把脑后的头发剪短约一英寸。

4

下班;休息
away from work or duty

He's had ten days off school.

他有十天没上学了。

5

偏离…价格;削价;杀价
away from a price

They knocked £500 off the car.

他们对这辆汽车杀价500英镑。

6

离开;来源于;从
off; from

I got it off of my brother.

这是我从我弟弟那里弄到的。

7

不想;戒除
not wanting or liking sth that you usually eat or use

I'm off (= not drinking) alcohol for a week.

我有一星期没喝酒了。

He's finally off drugs (= he no longer takes them) .

他终于把毒戒了。

adj.

1

不新鲜;变质
no longer fresh enough to eat or drink

This fish has gone off.

这条鱼已变质了。

The milk smells off.

这奶的味道不对劲。

It's off.

那东西坏了。

2

不礼貌;不热情;冷淡
not polite or friendly

He was a bit off with me this morning.

他今天早晨对我有点冷淡。

3

不能接受;难以容忍;不行
not acceptable

It's a bit off expecting us to work on Sunday.

让我们星期天上班工作,那可不太行吧。

noun

起跑
the start of a race

They're ready for the off.

他们准备起跑了。

verb

VN杀死(某人)
to kill sb

off

频次

  • In addition to the uses shown below, off is used after some verbs and nouns in order to introduce extra information. Off is also used in phrasal verbs such as ‘get off’, ‘pair off’, and ‘sleep off’.

    除下列用法外,off 可以用在某些动词和名词之后引出附加信息。off 还可用于 get off,pair off, sleep off 等短语动词中。

  • 3
    PREP 从…移开;从…脱离
    If something is taken off something else or moves off it, it is no longer touching that thing.

    He took his feet off the desk...

    他把脚从桌上移开。

  • 4
    PREP 从(交通工具)上下来
    When you get off a bus, train, or plane, you come out of it or leave it after you have been travelling on it.

    Don't try to get on or off a moving train!...

    火车运行时请勿上下车!

  • 5
    PREP 不去,不涉足(某处)
    If you keep off a street or piece of land, you do not step on it or go there.

    Locking up men does nothing more than keep them off the streets...

    把这些人关起来只是做到了不让他们上街而已。

  • 6
    PREP 离(某地)不远;在…附近
    If something is situated off a place such as a coast, room, or road, it is near to it or next to it, but not exactly in it.

    The boat was anchored off the northern coast of the peninsula...

    这艘船停泊在离该半岛北部海岸不远的地方。

  • 7
    ADV 离开
    If you go off, you leave a place.

    He was just about to drive off when the secretary came running out...

    他正打算驾车离开,这时秘书跑了出来。

  • 8
    ADV (用于非正式及有时具冒犯性的短语动词)(走)开,(滚)开
    Off is used in a number of informal and sometimes offensive phrasal verbs, such as buzz off ,clear off, or in British English bugger off, which are used to tell someone angrily to go away.

  • 9
    ADV (脱)掉(衣服);(取)下(首饰)
    When you take off clothing or jewellery that you are wearing, you remove it from your body.

    He took off his spectacles and rubbed frantically at the lens...

    他摘下眼镜,疯狂地擦着镜片。

  • 10
    ADV (因生病、放假等等)休息,不工作
    If you have time off or a particular day off, you do not go to work or school, for example because you are ill or it is a day when you do not usually work.

    The rest of the men had the day off...

    其他人这天没上班。

  • 11
    PREP 避开(某话题)
    If you keep off a subject, you deliberately avoid talking about it.

    Keep off the subject of politics...

    勿谈政治。

  • 12
    ADV 取消;中止
    If something such as an agreement or a sporting event is off, it is cancelled.

    Until Pointon is completely happy, however, the deal's off...

    但是,在波因顿完全满意之前,这一协议不再作数。

  • 13
    PREP 停服,停用(药物等);戒…
    If someone is off something harmful such as a drug, they have stopped taking or using it.

    She felt better and the psychiatrist took her off drug therapy...

    她感觉好些了,那位精神科医生让她停止了药物治疗。

  • 14
    PREP 不再喜欢;不再想
    If you are off something, you have stopped liking it.

    I'm off coffee at the moment...

    我眼下不再嗜咖啡了。

  • 15
    ADV (机器、电灯等)关掉,停掉,不再运转
    When something such as a machine or electric light is off, it is not functioning or in use. When you switch it off, you stop it functioning.

    As he pulled into the driveway, he saw her bedroom light was off...

    当他把车开进车道时,他看到她卧室的灯已经熄了。

  • 16
    PREP (价格)减掉,降低
    If there is money off something, its price is reduced by the amount specified.

    ...Simons Leatherwear, 37 Old Christchurch Road. 20 per cent off all jackets this Saturday.

    本周六老基督堂路37号的西蒙斯皮衣店所有夹克降价20%。

  • 17
    ADV (空间上)离,距
    If something is a long way off, it is a long distance away from you.

    Florida was a long way off...

    佛罗里达离这儿很远。

  • 18
    ADV (时间上)离,距
    If something is a long time off, it will not happen for a long time.

    An end to the crisis seems a long way off...

    这场危机看来远未结束。

  • 19
    PREP 从…(获得)
    If you get something off someone, you obtain it from them.

    I don't really get a lot of information, and if I do I get it off Mark...

    我得到的信息其实不多,即使有也是马克告诉我的。

  • 20
    COMB in ADJ-GRADED (与well,badly,worse等副词连用构成形容词)表示“处于…境况的”
    Off combines with adverbs such as 'well', 'badly', and 'worse' to form adjectives that indicate how poor or rich someone is.

    Most of these people aren't very well off...

    这些人大都不算太富裕。

  • 21
    ADJ-GRADED (食物)腐坏的,变质的,变味的
    If food has gone off, it tastes and smells bad because it is no longer fresh enough to be eaten.

    Don't eat that! It's mouldy. It's gone off!

    别吃那个!它已经发霉变质了!

  • 23
    PREP 依靠(食物、钱等生存)
    If you live off a particular kind of food, you eat it in order to live. If you live off a particular source of money, you use it to live.

    Her husband's memories are of living off roast chicken and drinking whisky...

    她丈夫只记得过去吃烤鸡、喝威士忌的日子。

  • 24
    PREP (机器)靠(某种燃料或动力运转)
    If a machine runs off a particular kind of fuel or power, it uses that power in order to function.

    The Auto Compact Disc Cleaner can run off batteries or mains.

    这种光盘自动清洗机可用电池或电源两种方式驱动。

  • 25
    ADJ-GRADED (行为)过头的,不当的,无法接受的
    If you say that someone's behaviour is a bit off, you mean that you find it unacceptable or wrong.

    ...coming home with make-up all over his clothes — it's a bit off isn't it...

    衣服上到处沾着化妆品回到家——他这样有点过分了,是不是。

  • 26
    PHRASE 偶尔;有时;断断续续地
    If something happens on and off, or off and on, it happens occasionally, or only for part of a period of time, not in a regular or continuous way.

    I was still working on and off as a waitress to support myself...

    我为了糊口仍然间或去做服务员。

verb

1
kill intentionally and with premeditation
The mafia boss ordered his enemies murdered
Synonym: murder slay hit dispatch bump off polish off remove

adj

1
not performing or scheduled for duties
He's off every Tuesday
2
not in operation or operational
the oven is off
the lights are off
3
(of events) no longer planned or scheduled
the wedding is definitely off
Synonym: cancelled
4
below a satisfactory level
an off year for tennis
his performance was off
5
in an unpalatable state
sour milk
Synonym: sour turned

adv

1
no longer on or in contact or attached
clean off the dirt
he shaved off his mustache
2
from a particular thing or place or position (`forth' is obsolete)
ran away from the lion
wanted to get away from there
sent the children away to boarding school
the teacher waved the children away from the dead animal
went off to school
they drove off
go forth and preach
Synonym: away forth
3
at a distance in space or time
the boat was 5 miles off (or away)
the party is still 2 weeks off (or away)
away back in the 18th century
Synonym: away

数据来源:WordNet

  1. I must be off soon .

    我必须很快离开这里。

  2. His thoughts wandered off on another tack .

    他离开了原来的思路。

  3. Some people don 't know when they 're well off .

    有些人身在福中不知福。

  4. A week off would give him time for reflection .

    歇上一周会使他有时间考虑考虑。

  5. If that 's what you think , you 're way off base .

    你如果那么想就全错了。

  6. The new sports centre will take the pressure off the old one .

    新的体育运动中心将减轻老体育运动中心的压力。

  7. I told him right off what I thought of him .

    我直截了当地告诉了他我对他的看法。

  8. They are much better off than us .

    他们比我们富得多。

  9. You need to take the top off the bottle first !

    你得先把瓶盖子打开!

  10. A solution is still some way off .

    解决办法尚需时日。

  11. She recommended that I should take some time off .

    她建议我应该休息一段时间。

  12. The water is off .

    停水了。

  13. How many days did you take off ?

    你休了几天假?

  14. It set off a chain reaction in the international money markets .

    这一事件在国际金融市场上引起了连锁反应。

  15. I 'm sure a few days off would do you a power of good .

    休息几天肯定对你的身体大有好处。

  16. Check the oil and water before setting off .

    出发前应查看一下油和水。

  17. Scientists are still a long way off finding a cure .

    科学家要找到一个治疗方法,还远着呢。

  18. I must get these letters off first thing tomorrow .

    我明天首先得把这些信件寄出去。

  19. He was lucky to get off with a small fine .

    他侥幸逃脱惩罚,交了一小笔罚款了事。

  20. What time do you go off duty ?

    你什么时候下班?

  21. Why not take a few days off ?

    为什么不休息几天呢?

  22. Come off it ! We don 't have a chance .

    别胡扯了!我们没机会。

  23. She 's better off without him .

    没有他,她活得更幸福。

  24. He never takes any time off .

    他从不休息。

  25. Who would like to lead off the debate ?

    谁愿带头发言开始辩论?

  26. The accident put her off driving for life .

    那场事故让她一生都不想开车了。

  27. The effects of the drug will soon wear off .

    这麻醉药品的作用将很快消失。

  28. I get off at the next station .

    我在下一站下车。

  29. Please turn the television off before you go to bed .

    睡觉前请关上电视。

  30. We were up and off early to beat the heat .

    我们很早就起床出发了,趁天还没热。

  • 习语

adv.

be well/better/badly, etc. off

(用于表示经济情况)
used to say how much money sb has

Families will be better off under the new law (= will have more money) .

这项新法律将使每个家庭的经济较前宽裕。

They are both comfortably off (= have enough money to be able to buy what they want without worrying too much about the cost) .

他们俩的生活都很宽裕。

be better/worse off (doing sth)

(做某事)会较好 / 较糟
to be in a better or worse situation

She's better off without him.

他不在身边她更快乐。

The weather was so bad we'd have been better off staying at home.

天气太糟了,我们要是待在家里就好了。

We can't be any worse off than we are already.

我们的状况已经糟得不能再糟了。

be off for sth

有一定数量的东西
to have a particular amount of sth

How are we off for coffee (= how much do we have) ?

我们还有多少咖啡?

off and on/on and off

不时地;经常;断断续续地
from time to time; now and again

It rained on and off all day.

雨断断续续地下了一整天。

同义词

adv.

clear away not

v.

kill

vt.

pith