单词 | off with |
释义 | > as lemmasto off with 2. intransitive. to off with: to take off instantly (cf. off adv. 8b). nonstandard, regional, or humorous. to off with a person's head: to decapitate unceremoniously (used with humorous allusion to the command ‘Off with his head!’: see etymological note). ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > removal or displacement > remove or displace [verb (transitive)] > remove or take away > from the position of being on > instantly to off with1805 1805 R. Anderson Ballads in Cumberland Dial. 5 I off wi' my clogs, and as whisht as a mouse, Claver'd up to the window. 1892 Daily News 23 Feb. 5/1 They offed with his head. 1895 K. Grahame Golden Age 56 When the Queen said ‘Off with his head!’ she'd have offed with your head. 1895 Pall Mall Mag. Sept. 111 So then he offs with his diamond ring. 1936 ‘M. Innes’ Death at President's Lodging xi. 205 Then Campbell offs with the gown again. 1953 M. Traynor Eng. Dial. Donegal 201/1 Off..with: to take off. He offs with his coat. 2003 www.alanzeleznikar.com 21 Feb. (O.E.D. Archive) Centuries of monarchy came to an end on July 14, 1789, when a crowd rose up, freed..prisoners from the Bastille and then eventually toppled the monarchy of Louis XVI and ‘offed with his head’ with the guillotine. off with (something) b. In imperative phrases. off! = stand off! be off! off with (something): take off (something). off (with you)!: go away! Cf off v. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > causing to go away > command to go away [interjection] begonec1370 hencec1390 avauntc1485 vaunt1598 off1717 twenty-three1930 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > causing to go away > command to go away [phrase] here lies our way1609 go scrape!1611 off (with you)!1809 on your way1865 twenty-three skidoo1926 (get) on your bike1980 c1475 Mankind (1969) 88 (MED) Anon of wyth yowr clothes. 1597 W. Shakespeare Richard III v. vi. 74 Off with his sonne Georges head. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare All's Well that ends Well (1623) i. i. 152 Off with't while 'tis vendible. View more context for this quotation a1631 J. Donne Poems (1669) 98 Off with that wyerie Coronet and shew The haiery Diadem which on your head doth grow. 1717 E. Smith Phædra & Hippolytus v. 54 Off, or I fly for ever from thy sight. 1809 B. H. Malkin tr. A. R. Le Sage Adventures Gil Blas I. ii. vii. 246 Off with you! and do not return. 1822 Ld. Byron Vision of Judgm. xciii Some cried ‘Off, off!’ As at a farce. 1877 C. H. Spurgeon Serm. XXIII. 402 Off with your caps and throw them up and cry ‘Hurrah!’ 1955 D. Eden Darling Clementine (1959) 76 Now off to bed with you and no more calling out. 1991 G. Eisman tr. S. Ousmane Niiwam & Taaw 12 ‘Come on, off with you,’ Malan the conductor shouted at them. < as lemmas |
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