off

off
adverb
  1. away from the place in question; to or at a distance
    离开地；在某地以外
    the man ran off.
    那个人跑掉了。
    she dashed off to her room.
    她一下子走开冲进了自己的房间。
    we must be off now.
    我们现在得走了。
    ■away from the main route
    偏离主道地
    turning off for Ripon.
    离开主道，前往里彭。
  2. so as to be removed or separated
    掉；开
    he whipped off his coat.
    他迅速脱掉外衣。
    a section of the runway had been cordoned off.
    跑道的一段已用警戒线隔开了。
    ■absent; away from work
    缺席地；不工作地
    take a day off.
    休息一天。
    he is off on sick leave.
    他请病假没去上班。
  3. starting a journey or race; leaving
    出发地
    we're off on holiday tomorrow.
    我们明天出发开始度假。
    the gunmen made off on foot.
    那个持枪歹徒步行逃跑了。
    they're off!.
    他们出发了！。
  4. so as to bring to an end or be discontinued
    结束地；停止地
    the Christmas party rounded off a hugely successful year.
    圣诞晚会圆满结束了这非常成功的一年。
    she broke off her reading to look at her husband.
    她停止阅读举目看着她的丈夫。
    ■cancelled
    取消地
    tell them the wedding's off.
    告诉他们婚礼取消了。
    ■(Brit. informal)(of a menu item) temporarily unavailable
    (英，非正式)（菜单上的菜）暂时没有地
    strawberries are off.
    草莓暂时没有。
  5. (of an electrical appliance or power supply) not functioning or so as to cease to function
    （电器，供电）关闭地，断开地
    switch the TV off.
    关闭电视机。
    the electricity was off for four days.
    电断了四天。
  6. having access to or possession of material goods or wealth to the extent specified
    获得；拥有
    we'd been rather badly off for books.
    我们很少有书看。
    how are you off for money?.
    你怎么弄到钱？。
  7. (chiefly Brit.)(with preceding numeral) denoting a quantity produced at one time
    (主英)［接在数词后］一次的产量
preposition
  1. moving away and often down from
    从…离开；向下
    he rolled off the bed.
    他从床上滚了下来。
    the coat slipped off his arms.
    大衣从他的手臂上脱了下来。
    trying to get us off the stage.
    企图把我们赶下台。
  2. situated or leading in a direction away from (a main route or intersection)
    从（主道，交叉点）偏离，分岔
    single wires leading off the main lines.
    从主线向外分散的单线。
    in a little street off Whitehall.
    在怀特霍尔街外的一条小街上。
    ■out at sea from (a place on the coast)
    在（海岸以外的）海上
    anchoring off Blue Bay.
    在布鲁湾外抛锚。
    six miles off Dunkirk.
    在离敦克尔克六英里之处。
  3. so as to be removed or separated from
    去掉；分开
    threatening to tear it off its hinges.
    威胁要把它从铰链上拉下来。
    they are knocking $2,000 off the price.
    他们在把价钱降低2,000美元。
    it's a huge burden off my shoulders.
    这大大减轻了我的负担。
    ■absent from
    不在
    I took a couple of days off work.
    请了几天假不去上班。
    ■(informal)abstaining from
    (非正式)远离
    he managed to stay off alcohol.
    他设法戒掉了酒。
  4. (informal)having a dislike (usually temporary) of
    (非正式)（一般是暂时）厌恶
    he's running a temperature and he's off his food.
    他在发烧，不肯吃东西。
adjective
  1. [attrib.]characterized by someone performing or feeling worse than usual; unsatisfactory or inadequate
    临场发挥不佳的；感觉比平时差的；令人不满意的
    even the greatest athletes have off days.
    即使是最好的运动员也有发挥失常的时候。
  2. [predic.](of food) no longer fresh
    （食物）不新鲜的
    the fish was a bit off.
    鱼有点不新鲜了。
  3. [attrib.]located on the side of a vehicle that is normally furthest from the kerb; offside
    在车辆离人行道边缘最远的一侧的；（某些体育比赛）越位的。 比较 near (义项4)
  4. [predic.](Brit. informal)annoying or unfair
    (英，非正式)令人不快的；不公平的
    His boss deducted the money from his pay. That was a bit off.
    他的老板从他工资里扣掉了那笔钱。这么做有点不公道。
  5. [predic.](Brit. informal)unwell
    (英，非正式)不舒服的
    I felt decidedly off.
    我实在觉得不舒服。
  6. [predic.](Brit. informal)unfriendly or hostile
    (英，非正式)不友好的；敌对的
    there's no one there except the barmaid, and she's a bit off.
    那儿除了那个女招待一个人都没有，而且她态度有点生硬。
noun
  1. (亦作 off side)(Cricket)the half of the field (as divided lengthways through the pitch) towards which the batsman's feet are pointed when standing to receive the ball
    (板球)击球手站起并转首准备接球时双足所对准的半场。 leg 的反义词
  2. (Brit. informal)the start of a race; the beginning; the departure
    (英，非正式)起跑；开始；出发
    now Ian is ready for the off.
    现在伊恩准备好起跑了。
  3. (S. African informal)a day or part of a day when one does not have to work
    (南非，非正式)休息日；休息时间
    she only sees her children during her off on Sunday afternoons.
    她只在周日下午休息的时候才去看看孩子们。
verb
(informal)(非正式)
  1. [no obj.]leave
    离开
    supposedly loyal workers suddenly upped and offed to the new megafirms.
    被认为忠诚的工人们突然离开，去了新的大公司。
  2. [with obj.](N. Amer.)kill; murder
    (北美)杀死；谋杀
    she might off a cop, but she wouldn't shoot her boyfriend.
    她也许会去杀死一名警察，但不会开枪打死她的男朋友。
常用词组
off and on
  1. intermittently; now and then
    间歇地；偶尔
语源
  1. Old English, originally a variant of of (which combined the senses of 'of' and 'off')
用法
  1. The compound preposition off of is used interchangeably with the preposition off in a context such as she picked it up off of the floorcompared with she picked it up off the floorThe use of off of is recorded from the 16th century (and was used commonly by Shakespeare, for example) and is logically parallel to the standard out of, but is not accepted in standard modern English. Today off of is restricted to dialect and informal contexts, particularly in the US
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