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单词 to catch off
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to catch off
to catch off
1. transitive. To take off (clothing, a hat, etc.) quickly or suddenly; to snatch off. Cf. sense 4a. Now rare.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > providing with clothing > undressing or removing clothing > undress or remove clothing [verb (transitive)] > take off clothing
to do offeOE
to lay downc1275
to weve offc1290
stripc1320
doffa1375
loose1382
ofdrawa1393
casta1400
to take offa1400
warpa1400
to cast offc1400
to catch offc1400
waivec1400
voidc1407
to put off?a1425
to wap offc1440
to lay from, offc1480
despoil1483
to pull offc1500
slip1535
devest1566
to shift off1567
daff1609
discuss1640
to lay off1699
strip1762
douse1780
shuffle1837
derobe1841
shed1858
skin1861
peel1888
pull1888
the world > movement > absence of movement > hold or holding > hold [verb (transitive)] > lay hold of or grasp > suddenly or forcibly > and take away
catchc1230
to catch offc1400
c1400 (?c1380) Pearl l. 237 Ho..Caȝte of her coroun..And haylsed me.
c1440 (a1400) Awntyrs Arthure (Thornton) l. 626 Wilfully dame Waynour..caughte of hir coronalle.
1646 H. Peake Medit. upon Seige xxiv. 85 Pallisadoes..have somtimes spikes of iron..turned back againe like hookes to catch off their apparell that would climbe over them.
1745 J. Cennick Acct. Riot at Exeter 17 Mr. Kennedy..was struck by several, who caught off his Hat and Wig, and pelted him thro' the Crowds with Dung.
1864 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend (1865) I. viii. 68 I have seen him..catch off Mrs. Boffin's bonnet..and send it spinning across the yard.
1906 Idler Mag. Aug. 614/1 Lionardo put his hands to her golden hair, and though her hands met his in quick defence, he caught off her mask.
1974 B. Baldwin Billy Baldwin Remembers xiv. 171 With a graceful sweep of her hand she caught off her hat, then tossed her head back vigorously.
2. intransitive. English regional (south-western). to catch off to sleep: to go to sleep; also (transitive in passive) to be sent to sleep. Now rare.
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1865 Curate of Sadbrooke III. xxi. 294 In his last sermon, which my missus heerd, for I was catched off to sleep, begging your pardon for saying so.
1917 M. P. Willcocks Eyes of Blind xviii. 280 ‘She's catching off to sleep,’ said Lizzie, coming quietly into the lamplit circle where the two men sat.
1934 Taunton Courier 20 June 4/3 When witness stopped the horses, defendant awoke, and nearly fell off. He stated: ‘I was coming down the hill in the sun when I catched off to sleep.’
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