其中类别ENGLISH - ETYMOLOGY
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English - Etymology
From Middle English _of_, from Old English _of_, _af_, _æf_ (“from, off, away”), from Proto-Germanic _*ab_ (“from”), from Proto-Indo-European _*h₂epo_ (“from, off, back”). Cognate with Scots _of_, _af_ (“off, away”), West Frisian _af_, _ôf_ (“off, away”), Dutch _af_ (“off, from”), Low German _af_ (“off, from”), German _ab_ (“off, from”), Danish _af_ (“of”), Swedish _av_ (“of”), Icelandic _af_ (“of”), Gothic
From Middle English of, from Old English of, af, æf (“from, off, away”), from Proto-Germanic *ab (“from”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂epo (“from, off, back”). Cognate with Scots of, af (“off, away”), West Frisian af, ôf (“off, away”), Dutch af (“off, from”), Low German af (“off, from”), German ab (“off, from”), Danish af (“of”), Swedish av (“of”), Icelandic af (“of”), Gothic
其中类别ENGLISH - PRONUNCIATION
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English - Pronunciation
* (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɒf/
* (General American) IPA(key): /ɔf/
* (_cot_–_caught_ merger, Canada) IPA(key): /ɑf/
* Rhymes: -ɒf
其中类别ENGLISH - ADVERB
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English - Adverb
OFF (_comparative_ MORE OFF, _superlative_ MOST OFF)
* In a direction away from the speaker or object.
_He drove OFF in a cloud of smoke._
* Into a state of non-operation; into a state of non-existence.
Please switch OFF the light when you leave.
其中类别ENGLISH - ADJECTIVE
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English - Adjective
OFF (_comparative_ MORE OFF, _superlative_ MOST OFF)
* Inoperative, disabled.
_All the lights are OFF._
* Rancid, rotten.
_This milk is OFF!_
* (cricket) In, or towards the half of the field away from the batsman's legs; the right side for a right-handed batsman.
* Less than normal, in temperament or in result.
_sales are OFF this quarter_
* Circumstanced (as in _well off_, _better off_, _poorly off_).
* Started on the way.
_OFF to see the wizard_
_And they're OFF! Whatsmyname takes an early lead, with Remember The Mane behind by a nose._
* Far; off to the side.
_the OFF horse or ox in a team, in distinction from the nigh or near horse_
* 1908, W. B. M. Ferguson, _Zollenstein_, chapterIV:
So this was my future home, I thought! […] Backed by towering hills, the but faintly discernible purple line of the French boundary OFF to the southwest, a sky of palest Gobelin flecked with fat, fleecy little clouds, it in truth looked a dear little city; the city of one's dreams.
* 1937, Zora Neale Hurston, _Their Eyes Were Watching God_, Harper Perennial (2000), p.151:
He came in, took a look and squinched down into a chair in an OFF corner and didn’t open his mouth.
* 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_
ANTONYMS
* (inoperative): on
* (rotten): fresh
* (cricket): on, leg
DERIVED TERMS
* off to the races
TRANSLATIONS
off (comparative more off, superlative most off)
- Inoperative, disabled.
- Rancid, rotten.
- (cricket) In, or towards the half of the field away from the batsman's legs; the right side for a right-handed batsman.
- Less than normal, in temperament or in result.
- Circumstanced (as in well off, better off, poorly off).
- Started on the way.
- Far; off to the side.
- 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.
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其中类别ENGLISH - PREPOSITION
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English - Preposition
OFF
* Used to indicate movement away from a position on
_I took it OFF the table._; _Come OFF the roof!_
* (colloquial) Out of the possession of.
_He didn't buy it OFF him. He stole it OFF him._
* Away from or not on.
_He's OFF the computer, but he's still on the phone._; _Keep OFF the grass._
* Disconnected or subtracted from.
_We've been OFF the grid for three days now._; _He took 20% OFF the list price._
* Distant from.
_We're just OFF the main road._; _The island is 23 miles OFF the cape._
* No longer wanting or taking.
_He's been OFF his feed since Tuesday._; _He's OFF his meds again._
* Placed after a number (of products or parts, as if a unit), in commerce or engineering.
_Tantalum bar 6 OFF 3/8" Dia × 12"_ — Atom, Great Britain Atomic Energy Authority, 1972
_samples submitted … 12 OFF Thermistors type 1K3A531 …_ — BSI test report for shock and vibration testing, 2000
_I'd like to re-order those printer cartridges, let's say 5-OFF._
ANTONYMS
* on
DERIVED TERMS
* off-campus
* off one's feed
TRANSLATIONS
- Used to indicate movement away from a position on
- (colloquial) Out of the possession of.
- Away from or not on.
- Disconnected or subtracted from.
- Distant from.
- No longer wanting or taking.
- Placed after a number (of products or parts, as if a unit), in commerce or engineering.
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其中类别ENGLISH - VERB
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English - Verb
OFF (_third-person singular simple present_ OFFS, _present participle_ OFFING, _simple past and past participle_ OFFED)
* (transitive, slang) To kill.
_He got in the way so I had him OFFED._
* (transitive, Singapore) To switch off.
_Can you OFF the light?_
DERIVED TERMS
* off-licence, off-license, offie, offy
TRANSLATIONS
off (third-person singular simple present offs, present participle offing, simple past and past participle offed)
- (transitive, slang) To kill.
- (transitive, Singapore) To switch off.
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