| 单词 | strike off |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto strike off to strike off 1. a. transitive. To cancel by or as by a stroke of a pen; to remove from a list or record. Also figurative, †to cancel, remit (an obligation). to strike off with a shilling (Scottish) = cut off (see to cut off 9 at cut v. Phrasal verbs). ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > decrease or reduction in quantity, amount, or degree > deduction > deduct [verb (transitive)] abatec1400 rebate1425 batec1440 minishc1483 diminish?1504 detract1509 detray1509 deduct1524 defalkc1540 defalcate1541 subtray1549 derogate1561 discount1561 deduce?1566 substract1592 to strike off1597 reduct1600 subtract1610 subduct1716 to knock off1811 dock1891 shave1961 minus1963 the mind > mental capacity > memory > effacement, obliteration > efface, obliterate [verb (transitive)] > erase by marking strikec1386 to rub offa1425 cancelc1440 streakc1440 cross1483 outstrike1487 line1530 to strike out1530 dash1549 to strike off1597 cancellate1664 damask1673 score1687 to run through1817 overscore1834 blue-pencil1883 stroke1885 caviar1890 to stencil out1891 to strike through1898 ex1935 x1942 the mind > mental capacity > memory > effacement, obliteration > cancellation, revocation > annul, cancel, revoke [verb (transitive)] fordoOE allayOE withdrawc1290 withclepe13.. again-callc1390 to call againc1390 repealc1390 revokec1400 unmakec1400 rive1415 annulc1425 abroge1427 uncommandc1430 discharge?a1439 retreatc1443 retract1501 cancela1513 abrogate?1520 dissolve1526 extinct1531 rescind1531 abrenounce1537 infringe1543 recall1565 unwrite1577 extinguish1590 exauctorate1593 relinquish1594 unact1594 to strike off1597 undecide1601 unpass1606 to take off1609 to draw back1610 reclaim1615 to put back1616 abrenunciate1618 unrip1622 supersedeate1641 to set off1642 unassure1643 unorder1648 to ask away1649 disdetermine1651 unbespeak1661 undecree1667 reassumea1675 off-break1702 circumduct1726 raise1837 resiliate1838 denounce1841 disorder1852 pull1937 the mind > mental capacity > memory > effacement, obliteration > cancellation, revocation > annul, cancel, revoke [verb (transitive)] > set aside to strike off1597 to set by1603 open1792 society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > right to succeed to title, position, or estate > succession > cause to descend by succession [verb (transitive)] > disinherit disheritc1290 disheritc1330 disheriss1489 disinherita1500 exheredate1552 to strike off with a shilling1597 disheir1607 disherison1654 to cut off with a shilling1834 to cut out1891 1597 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie v. lxxvi. 227 To the end it might thereby appeare that we owe to the guides of our soules euen as much as our soules are worth, although the debt of our temporall blessings should bee stricken off. 1609 W. Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida iii. iii. 29 Her presence, Shall quite strike of all seruice I haue done. View more context for this quotation 1662 Irish Act 14 & 15 Chas. II c. 2 §59 You are to strike off and deduct all fractions of odd acres, roods and pearches. 1690 E. Gee Jesuit's Mem. 7 Striking off such Scandalous Writers out of the rank of Historian. 1734 A. Pope Epist. to Visct. Cobham 9 Strike off his Pension. 1822 Examiner 628/1 Strike off nearly a third from the nine millions. 1848 J. Arnould Law Marine Insurance I. 127 The loss is then said to be settled or ‘struck off’. 1894 A. Robertson Nuggets 98 If I thocht ye had ever been in a playhouse,..I'd strike ye off wi' a shillin'. b. spec. in passive, of a medical practitioner, solicitor, etc.: to be struck off the register (see sense 13b above). ΚΠ 1937 A. J. Cronin Citadel iv. xxi. 424 You remember the case of Jarvis, the manipulator, several years ago, when he got some cad of a doctor to anaesthetise for him. He was struck off, instanter. 1958 J. Cannan And be Villain i. 20 He'd be struck off if he was the least bit naughty. 1965 A. Christie At Bertram's Hotel xvi. 153 We still call him Dr. Stokes although he's been struck off. 1983 Times 12 Oct. 3/4 Mr Parsons is asking Mr Justice Vinelott to order that Mr Davies be struck off. 2. To cut off with a stroke of a sword, axe, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > separation or detachment > detach [verb (transitive)] > cut off > with a sweeping stroke to smite offa1225 off-swipc1275 to strike offc1485 wipe1596 slash1689 to sweep off1707 c1485 ( G. Hay Bk. Law of Armys (2005) 103 Sanct petir..strake of, Malcus ere. 1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) xvii. 870 Androu herdclay..on the hill besyde the toune Strake of his hede but ransoune. 1583 B. Melbancke Philotimus (new ed.) sig. Bbj v The adders tayle, whiche being stricke of will skippe vp and downe. 1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §400 An Emperor of Rome, did shoot a great Forked Arrow at an Estrich,..and strook off her head. 1839 E. W. Lane tr. Thousand & One Nights I. 96 The King gave orders to strike off his head. 1842 J. C. Loudon Suburban Horticulturist 139 The branch should not be larger than 1½ in. in diameter.., otherwise it cannot be so readily struck off at one blow. 3. To produce (a picture, literary composition, etc.) quickly or impromptu; also to delineate exactly, ‘hit off’. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > representation in art > represent in art [verb (transitive)] > realistically or appropriately naturalize1603 to strike off1821 vitalize1884 society > leisure > the arts > literature > art or occupation of writer or author > be the author of or write (a work) [verb (transitive)] > compose hastily scribble1576 palter1588 to throw together1646 dash1726 dash off, out1786 to run off1809 to strike off1821 to write off1841 society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > compose (poetry) [verb (transitive)] > improvise improvisoa1768 improvise1808 extemporize1818 to strike off1821 1821 Examiner 235/2 A scene of unsophisticated..nature..is struck off with an unusually bold and broad pencil. 1876 G. O. Trevelyan Life & Lett. Macaulay I. iii. 134 Striking off puns..which followed each other in showers like sparks from flint. 1879 J. C. Shairp Robert Burns v. 120 A burst of inspiration which came on him in the fall of 1790, and struck off at one heat the matchless Tale of Tam o' Shanter. 4. To mark off as enumerated. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > enumeration, reckoning, or calculation > number, calculate, or reckon [verb (transitive)] > record scorea1400 to strike off1881 1881 J. Payn From Exile II. xxxiii. 251 She held up her plump little hand, and struck off the two items on her fingers. 5. intransitive. Of a peal of bells: To begin ringing. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > sound of instruments > sound [verb (intransitive)] > bells ringc1175 knella1375 clinkc1386 clapc1440 jangle1494 toll1551 knoll1582 chime1583 troll1607 tintinnate1623 swing1645 ding-dong1659 strike1677 jow1786 clam?a1800 to ring in1818 dinglea1839 to strike offa1843 dingle dongle1858 jowl1872 tankle1894 tintinnabulate1906 tong1907 a1843 R. Southey Common-place Bk. (1851) 4th Ser. 391/2 10s. 6d. to the ringers to ring one peal of grand bobs, which was to strike off while they were putting him into his grave. 6. To set off, contrast. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > contrariety or contrast > contrariety[vi] [verb (intransitive)] > form a contrast with strivea1387 to set off1735 antistrophize1842 to strike off1884 1884 G. Gissing Unclassed II. iv. i. 109 She exaggerated the refinement of her utterance that it might all the more strike off against the local twang. to strike off a. To make (grain, etc.) level with the rim of the measure by passing a strickle over it. Also with object the measure. Also to strike off. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > flatness or levelness > make flat or level [verb (transitive)] > corn, etc., with an instrument strick14.. strike14.. streakc1440 straik1579 strickle1885 stroke1887 the world > relative properties > measurement > the scientific measurement of volume > measure(s) of capacity > measurement of capacity [verb (transitive)] > level off a measure with a stick strike14.. raze1495 14.. Tretyce in Walter of Henley's Husb. (1890) 50 Se þt yor corne be mesured withe..a trewe bushell & þat euery bushell be strekyn. 1474 Stat. Winch. in Coventry Leet Bk. 396 viij Buysshelles makith a Quarter, striken with a Rasid stryke, and neyther hepe nor Cantell. 1543 tr. Act 25 Edw. III Stat. 4 c. 10, 32 And euery measure of corne shalbe stryked without hepe. a1642 H. Best Farming & Memorandum Bks. (1984) 109 When wee sende our Corne to mill, wee allwayes strike all cleane of, yett the use is in most places to hand wave it.., but the Millers will say that they had as leave have corne stricken as soe hand waved. 1669 S. Sturmy Mariners Mag. v. xii. 68 Strike off the heaped Powder. 1697 View Penal Laws 338 If Head Officers of Cities..wilfully suffer any to sell Corn..by other Measure, or Strucken in other manner. 1878 Act 41 & 42 Vict. c. 49 §17 In using an imperial measure of capacity, the same shall not be heaped but either shall be stricken with a round stick,..or [etc.]. 1892 Field 2 Apr. 469/3 The somewhat delicate operation of gently filling the bushel measure, striking it, and then weighing the oats. to strike off a. To impress (a piece of metal, coin), stamp (a medal) with a device by means of a die; to coin (money); †also absol. Also to strike off. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > coining > coin (money) [verb (transitive)] coinc1330 smitea1387 forgec1400 printc1400 strike1449 moneyc1450 mintc1520 stamp1560 beat1614 1449 Sc. Acts Jas. II (1814) II. 37/1 Ande at nane tak one hande to strik in tym to cum bot þai þat has or sal haf commandment of the king vnder his grete sele. 1451 Sc. Acts Jas. II (1814) II. 39/1 Þai think it expedient..at þar be strikyn in þis realme new mone conformyt ewin in wecht to the mone of Inglande. 1463 Stat. Irel. 3 Edw. IV c. 32 To make and strike..iiij. peces of brasse or coper rennyng at j.d. of oure said siluer. c1519 R. Amadas in J. Gutch Collectanea Curiosa (1781) II. xxviii. 295 Item iij gilte Boolls withe a Cover strekin withe Martletts. 1526 in J. Gutch Collectanea Curiosa (1781) II. 325. 1551 J. Williams Acct. Monastic Treasures (1836) 86 Grotes stricken withe harpes. 1609 J. Skene tr. Stat. David II in Regiam Majestatem 44 Ane notable signe salbe vpon it, quhereby it may be evidently knawen fra all other money alreadie striken. 1687 H. Slingesby Let. 11 Oct. in S. Pepys Diary (1879) VI. 157 The medalls made by Roettiers, of which I had an opportunity to chuse the best struck off. 1736 T. Lediard Life Marlborough II. 42 A fine Medal was struck..on Occasion of the Victory. 1775 London Chron. 18–20 May 474/3 Giles Forrester, Dereham, and Williams were charged with striking half-pence. 1775 London Chron. 18–20 May 474/3 They seized eight shillings and four-pence halfpenny, with the dies for striking. 1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. IV. xxi. 620 Till the reign of Charles the Second our coin had been struck by a process as old as the thirteenth century. 1879 H. Phillips Addit. Notes upon Coins 3 This medal appears to have been chased by hand and not to have been struck from a die. to strike off c. To impress or print by means of type, an engraving or the like; to print. Obsolete except in to strike off. ΘΚΠ society > communication > printing > [verb (transitive)] imprint1477 impress1508 print1511 stamp1555 press1579 pull1653 to take off1707 to throw off1720 strike1759 typefy1856 1759 R. Jackson Hist. Rev. Pennsylvania 99 The Assembly..finding both to be such as required an Extension of their Paper Currency..unanimously resolved to strike an additional Sum of 20,000 l. 1776 Pennsylvania Evening Post 13 Mar. 142 Since a few of this day's papers were struck off, we hear the above ship is a man of war. 1790 G. Morris in J. Sparks Life G. Morris (1832) II. 108 They can make use of that gentle means of striking paper to satisfy their demands. 1838 J. W. Carlyle Lett. I. 105 New title-pages can be struck off at a trifling expense. 1866 Athenæum 3 Nov. 571/3 These few extra copies I have always had struck off by the printer. 1892 Temple Bar Sept. 53 Send it to the printer to strike off a certain number of proofs. < as lemmas |
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