| 单词 | throw off |
| 释义 | throw off 1. phrasal verb If you throw off something that is restricting you or making you unhappy, you get rid of it. ...a country ready to throw off the shackles of its colonial past. [VERB PARTICLE noun] Depression descended upon him, and he could never throw it off. [VERB noun PARTICLE] 2. phrasal verb If something throws off a substance, it produces it and releases it into the air. The belt may make a squealing noise and throw off sooty black particles of rubber. [VERB PARTICLE noun] The star grew 30% brighter and threw off huge amounts of radiation. [VERB PARTICLE noun (not pronoun)] 3. phrasal verb If you throw off people who are chasing you or trying to find you, you do something unexpected that makes them unable to catch you or find you. He is said to have thrown off pursuers by pedaling across the Wisconsin state line. [VERB PARTICLE noun] He tried to throw police off the track of his lover. [VERB noun PARTICLE noun] 4. See also throw [sense 13] See full dictionary entry for throw |
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