| 单词 | off out |
| 释义 | > as lemmasoff out d. In predicative use: gone off, just going off, about to go, leaving. Also figurative: fallen or falling asleep; (in quot. 1815) dying. off out (colloquial): away from home, out of doors; on the point of leaving a place, on one's way somewhere. ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > departure, leaving, or going away > [adverb] > setting out off1791 the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > sleep > [adverb] asleep1154 slumberingly1647 off1852 undera1936 1791 ‘G. Gambado’ Ann. Horsemanship ix. 42 My horse..was off with me in a jiffey. 1815 Chron. in Ann. Reg. 16 He raised himself up..and said almost inarticulately, ‘I am off’, and expired. 1852 Mrs. Smythies Bride Elect xliv Come, Geraldine, it is time to be off! 1856 T. De Quincey Confessions Eng. Opium-eater (rev. ed.) in Select. Grave & Gay V. 76 I'm off for the Red Sea. 1865 G. W. Thornbury Dr. Marigold's Prescriptions: To be Taken in Water in All Year Round Extra Christmas No., 7 Dec. 32/1 ‘Why, you're talking in your sleep!’..‘What was I talking about?’..‘Greek, I think..but I was just off too.’ 1907 E. M. Forster Longest Journey xxxi. 318 ‘For my part, I'm off’. 1964 J. Mitchell White Father viii. 191 Then he adjusted the microphone for Edward, picked up his trumpet, gave a downbeat and they were off, without any announcement. a1966 ‘M. na Gopaleen’ Best of Myles (1977) 54 I been meself on a day's walk with the brother off out in Howth last March. 1976 J. Wilson Let's Pretend vii. 75 Once he's off, that's it... Like to carry him up to his cot, dear? 1978 J. Barfoot Abra xiv. 82 ‘Well, we're off then,’ she says. 1981 J. Sullivan Only Fools & Horses (1999) I. 1st Ser. Christmas Special 64 Grandad. I'm off out now, see you later. Del. Yeah tadda Grandad. 2001 C. Glazebrook Madolescents 172 I'm off to a limbo-dancing class straight from work. < as lemmas |
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