单词 | splitoff |
释义 | > as lemmassplit-off a. With adverbs, as split-off, split-up. ΚΠ 1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. II. xiv. 148 These split-off lines of ice were evidently in motion. 1880 A. Giberne Sun, Moon, & Stars 294 The split-up rays tell us much more than the kinds of metals in different stars. split-off split-off n. Brit. /ˈsplɪtɒf/ , U.S. /ˈsplɪdˌɔf/ , /ˈsplɪdˌɑf/ an act of splitting off; something that splits off or that has become split off.ΘΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > [noun] > separating from main body scattering1382 segregation1617 singling1625 dismemberment1838 off-break1866 split-off1935 1935 Z. N. Hurston Mules & Men i. ii. 40 Ah knowed one preacher dat was called to preach at one of dese split-off churches. De members had done split off from a big church... He come and preached at dis split-off for two whole weeks. 1964 New Statesman 14 Feb. 248/1 The split-off of science into a separate culture. < as lemmas |
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