| 单词 | lay off |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto lay off to lay off ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > removal or displacement > remove or displace [verb (transitive)] > remove or take away ateec885 withbreidec890 animOE overbearOE to do awayOE flitc1175 reavec1175 takec1175 to have away?a1300 to draw awayc1300 weve13.. to wend awaya1325 withdrawa1325 remuec1325 to carry away1363 to take away1372 waive1377 to long awaya1382 oftakec1390 to draw offa1398 to do froa1400 forflitc1420 amove?a1425 to carry out?a1425 surtrayc1440 surtretec1440 twistc1440 abstract1449 ostea1450 remove1459 ablatea1475 araisea1475 redd1479 dismove1480 diminish?1504 convey1530 alienate1534 retire1536 dimove1540 reversec1540 subtractc1540 submove1542 sublate1548 pare1549 to pull in1549 exempt1553 to shift off1567 retract?1570 renversec1586 aufer1587 to lay offa1593 rear1596 retrench1596 unhearse1596 exemea1600 remote1600 to set off1600 subduct1614 rob1627 extraneize1653 to bring off1656 to pull back1656 draft1742 extract1804 reef1901 the world > space > place > removal or displacement > remove or displace [verb (transitive)] > remove or take away > from the position of being on latcha1225 off-wevec1300 to take offa1400 to get off1577 to lay offa1593 daff1609 off1826 the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > providing with clothing > undressing or removing clothing > undress or remove clothing [verb (transitive)] > take off clothing to do offeOE to lay downc1275 to weve offc1290 stripc1320 doffa1375 loose1382 ofdrawa1393 casta1400 to take offa1400 warpa1400 to cast offc1400 to catch offc1400 waivec1400 voidc1407 to put off?a1425 to wap offc1440 to lay from, offc1480 despoil1483 to pull offc1500 slip1535 devest1566 to shift off1567 daff1609 discuss1640 to lay off1699 strip1762 douse1780 shuffle1837 derobe1841 shed1858 skin1861 peel1888 pull1888 the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > uncovering > uncover or remove covering from [verb (transitive)] > uncover and expose > by withdrawing a cloth, etc. unlapa1450 unclothe1607 unveil1657 to lay off1699 divest1814 a1593 C. Marlowe Massacre at Paris (c1600) sig. B4 Thou traitor Guise, lay of thy bloudy hand. 1628 H. Reynolds tr. T. Tasso Aminta i. i. sig. B4 Stay for me till I haue in yon fresh fount Layd off the sweat and dust that yesterday I soyld me with. a1631 J. Donne Serm. (1959) V. 170 Saint Gregory says, that the soule had laid off..all outward ornaments. 1699 A. Boyer Royal Dict. (at cited word) To lay off a Garment, Quitter un habit. 1919 H. L. Wilson Ma Pettengill ii. 46 She took me up to her little bedroom to lay my things off and then down to the parlour. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > direct or manage ship [verb (transitive)] > set a ship's course > sail away from shore to lay offa1616 society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > direct or manage ship [verb (intransitive)] > head in a certain course or direction > remain (stationary) away from shore or ship to lie off1598 to lay off1781 a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) i. i. 47 Lay her a hold, a hold, set her two courses off to Sea againe, lay her off. View more context for this quotation 1781 T. Jefferson Corr. in Wks. (1859) I. 291 Eight of them had got over the bar, and many others were laying off. 3. To mark or separate off (plots of ground, etc.); to plot out land in some way or for some purpose. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > tract > [verb (transitive)] > mark, plot out, divide up land to lay off1748 1748 G. Washington Jrnl. 30 Mar. This Morning began our Intended business of Laying of [f] Lots. 1762 A. Dickson Treat. Agric. iii. vi. 351 Laying off land, after a very few crops of corn, into grass for pasture. 1795 J. Phillips Gen. Hist. Inland Navigation (rev. ed.) 357 The partial hand of nature has laid off America upon a much larger scale than any other part of the world. 1801 A. Ranken Hist. France I. 442 They..directed that the streets should be laid off obliquely. 1847 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 8 ii. 370 Care must be taken..to lay off the land in broad flats. 1890 Harper's Mag. Nov. 870/2 Laying parterres off in fanciful designs with little shells. 4. To ‘set off’ (distances) upon a surface. ΚΠ 1797 Encycl. Brit. XVII. 393/2 Lay off the dimensions of the waste rail found in the table; and..draw a line [etc.]. 1859 J. Ruskin Elements Perspective xvii. 79 The dividing points..will lay off distances on the retiring inclined line. 1882 G. M. Minchin Uniplanar Kinematics 2 By laying off the different times along Ox. 5. Shipbuilding. To transfer (plans) from the paper in the full size on the floor of the mould-loft. ΚΠ 1863 P. Barry Dockyard Econ. 139 The chief draftsman and his assistants ‘lay off’, or draw all the lines on the mould-loft floor, to the full size. 1893 Field 25 Feb. 297/2 I..advise that the boat be ‘laid off’ at full size and batten-faired. 6. Originally dialect and U.S. To discontinue; to discontinue the working of; to dismiss (a workman), usually temporarily. Also intransitive, to take a rest. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > lack of work > [verb (transitive)] > dismiss or discharge to put awaya1387 discharge1428 dismiss1477 to put out of wages1542 discard1589 to turn away1602 to put off1608 disemploy1619 to pay off1648 to pay off1651 to turn out1667 to turn off1676 quietus1688 strip1756 trundle1794 unshop1839 shopc1840 to lay off1841 sack1841 drop1845 to give (a person) the shoot1846 bag1848 swap1862 fire1879 to knock off1881 bounce1884 to give (a person) the pushc1886 to give (a person) the boot or the order of the boot1888 bump1899 spear1911 to strike (a medical practitioner, etc.) off the register1911 terminate1920 tramp1941 shitcan1961 pink slip1966 dehire1970 resize1975 to give a person his jotters1990 the world > action or operation > ceasing > temporary cessation of activity or operation > temporarily cease activity or operation [verb (intransitive)] > rest restOE to hang up one's hatcheta1350 to latch one's ease, one's leave1377 sabbatize1382 roc1460 repose1494 repause1526 respire1566 respite1587 requiesce1653 to rest (also lie) on one's oars1726 to lay off1841 to rest up1858 spell1880 to lie off1891 society > occupation and work > work > times or periods of work > work at specific times or periods [verb (transitive)] > stop (work) to lay off1841 strike1891 the world > action or operation > ceasing > cease from (an action or operation) [verb (transitive)] > cause to cease or put a stop to > cause (a thing) to cease action > discontinue the working of to lay off1841 1841 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 2 ii. 181 It is removed at intervals, chiefly in frost, when ploughing is laid off. 1863 W. Whitman Specimen Days (1882–3) 41 Some of the men are cleaning their sabres.., some brushing boots; some laying off, reading, writing. 1868 J. C. Atkinson Gloss. Cleveland Dial. Laid off, applied to a person who from illness or other disablement is incapable of working as usual. 1886 H. James Bostonians I. iii. 26 She would expect him to be strenuous in return; but he couldn't—in private life, he couldn't; privacy for Basil Ransom consisted entirely in what he called ‘laying off’. 1888 Daily News 17 Sept. 2/7 One of the leading works in the district at Darlington has been laid off by a strike. 1892 Nation (N.Y.) 25 Aug. 135/1 To give notice of intention to ‘lay off’ any hands in their employ. 1897 W. D. Howells Landlord Lion's Head 65 When the husbands come up Saturday nights, they don't want to go on a tramp Sundays. They want to lay off and rest. 1955 Times 6 June 7/2 But in the course of this week stocks in some factories will begin to run out. Workers will have to be laid off. 1970 G. Greer Female Eunuch 242 The lowest paid employees can be and are laid off. 1972 Daily Tel. 1 Feb. 2/7 A pay strike by 500 clerical workers..has caused the company to lay off 2,500 car assembly workers. 7. (See quot. 1901.) ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > decorating and painting > decorate [verb (transitive)] > paint > other painting processes to lay off1901 roller coat1935 paint-spray1967 rag-roll1969 1901 J. Black Illustr. Carpenter & Builder Ser.: Home Handicrafts 43 What painters term ‘laying off’, that is to say, going over the work with the brush uncharged with paint and with strokes all in one direction. 1945 C. H. Eaton in Practical Painter & Decorator iii. 90 The laying off should be vertical, that is, from ceiling to floor.. on walls, and parallel with the main source of light on ceilings. 1951 Good Housek. Home Encycl. 65/1 Do not attempt to ‘lay off’ or brush out the distemper as with paint or varnish. 1963 W. Tee Painting & Decorating x. 77 Finally, you lay-off, which means brushing in the direction of the grain if you are painting wood, or in the longest direction if you are painting a metal gutter or pipe. 8. To desist from (doing something); to abstain from or stop using (something); to stop bothering or pestering (a person). Also intransitive, frequently as imperative: cut it out! stop it! ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ceasing > cease from (an action or operation) [verb (transitive)] aswikec975 linOE beleavec1175 forletc1175 i-swikec1175 restc1175 stutte?c1225 lina1300 blinc1314 to give overc1325 to do wayc1350 stintc1366 finisha1375 leavea1375 yleavec1380 to leave offa1382 refuse1389 ceasec1410 resigna1413 respite?a1439 relinquish1454 surcease1464 discontinue1474 unfill1486 supersede1499 desist1509 to have ado?1515 stop1525 to lay aside1530 stay1538 quata1614 to lay away1628 sist1635 quita1642 to throw up1645 to lay by1709 to come off1715 unbuckle1736 peter1753 to knock off1767 stash1794 estop1796 stow1806 cheese1811 to chuck itc1879 douse1887 nark1889 to stop off1891 stay1894 sling1902 can1906 to lay off1908 to pack in1934 to pack up1934 to turn in1938 to break down1941 to tie a can to (or on)1942 to jack in1948 to wrap it up1949 1908 R. Kipling Lett. to Family ii. 17 The railways..had to find room somewhere..before Nature cried: ‘Lay off!’ 1919 Amer. Mag. May 42/2 If you guys don't lay off of me I'll bounce the two of you. 1919 Saucy Stories Aug. 107/2 She..resolved to ‘lay off the bright lights in the future’. 1930 D. Hammett Maltese Falcon xviii. 221 Make him lay off me then. I'm going to fog him if he keeps it up. 1931 E. Linklater Juan in Amer. iii. vii. 259 Lay off that ritzy laugh or I'll sock you. 1934 J. Agate More First Nights (1937) 59 You would think, wouldn't you, that Josephine, having done enough in the way of arousing suspicion, would lay off a little. 1934 P. G. Wodehouse Right ho, Jeeves vi. 60 Lay off the sausages. Avoid the ham. 1936 P. G. Wodehouse Laughing Gas iv. 49 That's all she's after—the title. For heaven's sake, Reggie, lay off while there's still time. 1946 K. Tennant Lost Haven (1947) xix. 316 ‘For God's sake, shut up!.. Lay off, Alec, lay off.’ Alec laid off. 1947 ‘N. Shute’ Chequer Board 62 Aw, lay off, Jim.—You're not in the South now. 1953 J. Trench Docken Dead ii. 21 How does one set about telling one's senior officer to lay off one's friend's wife? 1968 M. Richler in R. Weaver Canad. Short Stories 2nd ser. 160 ‘Oh, lay off,’ my father said. ‘Give the man air.’ 1974 D. Gray Dead Give Away vi. 65 I'd lay off stirring up trouble for a bit if I were you. 9. To dispose of, ‘work off’. ΚΠ 1926 J. Black You can't Win x. 130 I was sent out with about seventy-five dollars in silver coin to lay off for paper or gold. 10. Nautical and Aeronautics. To indicate (on a chart, etc.), to work out (a course). Cf. course n. 12. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > direct or manage ship [verb (transitive)] > work out a course to lay off1942 society > travel > air or space travel > action of flying (in) aircraft > navigation of course of aircraft > navigate aircraft [verb (transitive)] > work out course on chart to lay off1942 1942 Tee Emm (Air Ministry) 2 83 Always lay off Q.D.M.'s and Q.D.Y.'s as true bearings on your chart. 1943 ‘T. Dudley-Gordon’ Coastal Command 17 Drawing pencil lines which lay off courses of ships and aircraft, and indicate areas under patrol or to be searched. 1961 F. H. Burgess Dict. Sailing 131 Lay off a course, work out a proposed course on a chart. 11. Of a bookmaker: to insure against a substantial loss resulting from (a large bet) by placing a similar bet with another bookmaker. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > betting > bet on [verb (transitive)] > insure a bet to lay off1951 1951 E. Kefauver Crime in Amer. (1952) xvi. 184 The Nevada bookies also protect themselves by laying off their biggest bets with out-of-state operators. 1974 New Yorker 25 Feb. 72 An outside man..runs along the line of bookies and keeps an eye on the odds and lays off some of the money. to lay off to lay off Football, Hockey, etc. To pass (the ball) a short distance, esp. into open space for a team-mate to collect. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > characteristics of team ball games > play team ball games [verb (transitive)] > actions or manoeuvres pass1865 to throw in1867 work1868 centre1877 shoot1882 field1883 tackle1884 chip1889 feed1889 screen1906 fake1907 slap1912 to turn over1921 tip-in1958 to lay off1965 spill1975 1965 Daily Express 13 Aug. 15/5 Laying off, playing the ball at one of your team-mates—almost bouncing it off him to get the ball back again. 1966 J. Greaves Soccer Techniques vi. 46 More and more we find that the ball must be passed straight to the feet of team-mates. Of course, if a man who receives such a pass lays the ball off first-time in an imaginative way it may be that he will be able to play it into an open space and let someone sprint on to it. 1970 Observer 19 Apr. 23/2 England were laying it off well but too slowly and the linkmen failed to break through often enough. 1976 Northumberland Gaz. 26 Nov. 19/4 Ross Mathie..rounded the 'keeper and laid the ball off for the waiting Laing. 1986 Open Rugby Sept. 16/3 Both are deceptively fast, difficult to tackle and lay the ball off well. < as lemmas |
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