† on-and-offv.

Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: on and off adv.

Etymology: < on and off adv.

Obsolete. rare.

1. intransitive. Nautical. To sail on alternate tacks on and off the shore.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > direct or manage ship [verb (intransitive)] > head in a certain course or direction > sail towards or away from shore alternately

to stand off and on1600

to stand on and off1778

on-and-off1823

1823 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto XII lxiii. 36 Who..keeps you on and off-ing, On a lee shore.

2. transitive. To jump on and then off (a surface).

ΚΠ

1852 R. S. Surtees Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour xi. lxi. 345 ‘I'll have a word with you,’ said Sponge, ‘on and off-ing’ the hedge.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online September 2018).

单词	on-and-off
释义	† on-and-offv. Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: on and off adv. Etymology: < on and off adv. Obsolete. rare. 1. intransitive. Nautical. To sail on alternate tacks on and off the shore. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > direct or manage ship [verb (intransitive)] > head in a certain course or direction > sail towards or away from shore alternately to stand off and on1600 to stand on and off1778 on-and-off1823 1823 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto XII lxiii. 36 Who..keeps you on and off-ing, On a lee shore. 2. transitive. To jump on and then off (a surface). ΚΠ 1852 R. S. Surtees Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour xi. lxi. 345 ‘I'll have a word with you,’ said Sponge, ‘on and off-ing’ the hedge. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < v.1823
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