单词 | off-shooting |
释义 | > as lemmasoff-shooting b. With present and past participles, forming adjectives, as off-bitten, off-shed, off-sloping, off-shooting, off-standing, etc. See also off-bearing adj., offcomed adj., offlapping adj., off-lying adj., off-putting adj., off-set adj.Such combinations are possible with any participle of suitable sense. ΚΠ a1450 ( tr. Vegetius De Re Militari (Douce) f.94v (MED) Olde of-fallen citees, to buylden hem newe aȝen. 1568 W. Turner Herbal iii. 43 It maye be called also Ofbiten, because a pece of the roote is biten of. 1674 N. Fairfax Treat. Bulk & Selvedge 47 The worlds whole throng of hard, wide, and off-standing bodies. 1813 S. T. Coleridge Remorse ii. i. 25 A small green dell Built all around with high off-sloping hills. 1853 E. K. Kane U.S. Grinnell Exped. xlix. 466 It has surrounded us with the off-shed fragments of the floes. 1888 C. G. Leland Pract. Educ. i. 27 An offshooting twig. 1931 in Sc. National Dict. I. 21/1 He was an affstan'in sort o' chap. 1977 W. Hildick Loop xv. 95 The knot of off-coming passengers thickened around the exit. < as lemmas |
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