off-streetadj.

Brit.

/ˈɒfstriːt/,

/ˌɒfˈstriːt/, U.S.

/ˈɔfˈstrit/,

/ˈɑfˈstrit/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: off- prefix, street n. and adj.

Etymology: < off- prefix + street n. and adj.

Originally U.S.

That is not on a street; spec. (of parking or parking facilities) not on a roadway, located away from the street.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > vehicular traffic > [adjective] > type of parking facility

off-street1928

put-down1972

society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > street > [adjective] > off or on street

off-street1928

on-street1951

1928 N.Y. Times 13 Dec. 28/3 The Chicagoans were wise enough to expand off-street parking facilities.

1937 Sun (Baltimore) 4 Dec. 8/1 Provision for off-street parking..should help solve the parking problem in that vicinity.

1947 Evening Sun (Baltimore) 12 Sept. 2/5 Fringe parking on the perimeter of the business district would help relieve traffic congestion whereas providing more off-street space for automobiles in the heart of a city would actually aggravate the problem.

1969 Guardian 18 Nov. 13/1 It is still cheaper to feed the meters (illegally) all day than pay the high price of off-street parking.

1977 Stornoway Gaz. 27 Aug. 1/5 The Council say the proposals contain inadequate provision for the off-street servicing of the premises.

1991 Esquire (BNC) Apr. 148 The thrifty buyer..haunts street markets. Better still, offstreet markets in open-plan warehouses.

2001 Times 12 Sept. ii. 23/4 (advt.) Secure gated environment with off street parking included.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

(a) With other nouns, chiefly with the sense ‘lying or leading off from the main trunk, body, or area’, as in off-branch, off-corner, off-drain, off flow, off-spur, off-stream, off-street. Cf. off adv. 3. See also off-gas n., off-ramp n. Also with the sense ‘at a remove, at a distance, peripheral, subsidiary, partial, etc.’: see offbeat n., off-brand n., off-chance n., off-island n., off-rhyme n., off-verse n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > place > [noun] > set apart or out of the way

anglea1325

nooka1425

retreatc1500

odd corner1576

recess1611

off-corner1793

cubby1868

the world > the earth > water > rivers and streams > tributary > [noun] > side-stream or backwater

wash1530

by-river1577

by-stream1615

float1629

slew1708

by-rilla1711

marigot1759

off-stream1793

slougha1817

spreader1845

backwater1863

by-water1863

by-channel1864

billabong1865

the world > relative properties > wholeness > incompleteness > part of whole > [noun] > offshoot

scionc1384

explantation?a1425

sprig1575

offset1642

ramification1755

off-branch1793

offshoot1814

society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > street > [noun] > side or cross

side street1617

by-street1684

return1756

off-street1793

cross-street1827

rat-run1966

1793 W. Chapman (title) Report..on the means of working Woodford River,..as an off-branch from the Lough-Erne and Ballyshannon Navigation.

1851 H. Mayhew London Labour II. 23/2 The many off-streets and alleys which may be called the tributaries to those great second-hand marts.

1854 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 15 i. 67 Crooked off-spurs of flat land.

1876 W. E. Gladstone Homeric Synchronism 224 An off-stream from the river Styx.

1884 Kendal Mercury 8 Feb. 4/7 These smaller off-drains should be flushed into the main street drain.

1890 Antiquary 22 9 In an off-room is exhibited the Hermaphrodite statue.

1896 Westm. Gaz. 4 Mar. 7/2 A very significant announcement is hid away in an off-corner of the Daily Telegraph.

1902 W. G. Hogarth Nearer East 79 The Fayum receives an off-flow of the Nile.

1937 Z. N. Hurston Their Eyes were watching God xvii. 224 He..squinched down into a chair in an off corner and din't open his mouth.

1945 R. M. Lockley Islands round Brit. 46 The off-islets of the Blaskets have their special charm.

单词	off-street
释义	off-streetadj. Brit. /ˈɒfstriːt/, /ˌɒfˈstriːt/, U.S. /ˈɔfˈstrit/, /ˈɑfˈstrit/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: off- prefix, street n. and adj. Etymology: < off- prefix + street n. and adj. Originally U.S. That is not on a street; spec. (of parking or parking facilities) not on a roadway, located away from the street. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > vehicular traffic > [adjective] > type of parking facility off-street1928 put-down1972 society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > street > [adjective] > off or on street off-street1928 on-street1951 1928 N.Y. Times 13 Dec. 28/3 The Chicagoans were wise enough to expand off-street parking facilities. 1937 Sun (Baltimore) 4 Dec. 8/1 Provision for off-street parking..should help solve the parking problem in that vicinity. 1947 Evening Sun (Baltimore) 12 Sept. 2/5 Fringe parking on the perimeter of the business district would help relieve traffic congestion whereas providing more off-street space for automobiles in the heart of a city would actually aggravate the problem. 1969 Guardian 18 Nov. 13/1 It is still cheaper to feed the meters (illegally) all day than pay the high price of off-street parking. 1977 Stornoway Gaz. 27 Aug. 1/5 The Council say the proposals contain inadequate provision for the off-street servicing of the premises. 1991 Esquire (BNC) Apr. 148 The thrifty buyer..haunts street markets. Better still, offstreet markets in open-plan warehouses. 2001 Times 12 Sept. ii. 23/4 (advt.) Secure gated environment with off street parking included. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). > as lemmas off-street (a) With other nouns, chiefly with the sense ‘lying or leading off from the main trunk, body, or area’, as in off-branch, off-corner, off-drain, off flow, off-spur, off-stream, off-street. Cf. off adv. 3. See also off-gas n., off-ramp n. Also with the sense ‘at a remove, at a distance, peripheral, subsidiary, partial, etc.’: see offbeat n., off-brand n., off-chance n., off-island n., off-rhyme n., off-verse n. ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > [noun] > set apart or out of the way anglea1325 nooka1425 retreatc1500 odd corner1576 recess1611 off-corner1793 cubby1868 the world > the earth > water > rivers and streams > tributary > [noun] > side-stream or backwater wash1530 by-river1577 by-stream1615 float1629 slew1708 by-rilla1711 marigot1759 off-stream1793 slougha1817 spreader1845 backwater1863 by-water1863 by-channel1864 billabong1865 the world > relative properties > wholeness > incompleteness > part of whole > [noun] > offshoot scionc1384 explantation?a1425 sprig1575 offset1642 ramification1755 off-branch1793 offshoot1814 society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > street > [noun] > side or cross side street1617 by-street1684 return1756 off-street1793 cross-street1827 rat-run1966 1793 W. Chapman (title) Report..on the means of working Woodford River,..as an off-branch from the Lough-Erne and Ballyshannon Navigation. 1851 H. Mayhew London Labour II. 23/2 The many off-streets and alleys which may be called the tributaries to those great second-hand marts. 1854 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 15 i. 67 Crooked off-spurs of flat land. 1876 W. E. Gladstone Homeric Synchronism 224 An off-stream from the river Styx. 1884 Kendal Mercury 8 Feb. 4/7 These smaller off-drains should be flushed into the main street drain. 1890 Antiquary 22 9 In an off-room is exhibited the Hermaphrodite statue. 1896 Westm. Gaz. 4 Mar. 7/2 A very significant announcement is hid away in an off-corner of the Daily Telegraph. 1902 W. G. Hogarth Nearer East 79 The Fayum receives an off-flow of the Nile. 1937 Z. N. Hurston Their Eyes were watching God xvii. 224 He..squinched down into a chair in an off corner and din't open his mouth. 1945 R. M. Lockley Islands round Brit. 46 The off-islets of the Blaskets have their special charm. extracted from off-prefix < adj.1928 as lemmas
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off-streetadj.

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