| 单词 | to hold off |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto hold off to hold off 1. transitive. To keep off, away, or at a distance; to put off, delay. ΘΚΠ the world > space > distance > distance or farness > be far from [verb (transitive)] > keep (a thing or person) at a distance to hold offc1420 withhold1513 to keep away1548 to keep off1548 to stop off1722 the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > untimeliness > delay or postponement > delay [verb (transitive)] forslowc888 eldc897 forsita940 gele971 lengOE drilla1300 delayc1300 onfrestc1300 tarryc1320 jornc1330 dretchc1380 defer1382 forbida1387 to put offa1387 to put (also set) (something) in (or on) delaya1393 dilate1399 fordrawa1400 to put overc1410 latch?c1422 adjournc1425 prolongc1425 proloynec1425 rejournc1425 to put in respite1428 sleuthc1430 respitea1450 prorogue1453 refer1466 sleep1470 supersede1482 respectc1487 postpone1496 overseta1500 respett1500 enjourna1513 relong1523 retract1524 tarde1524 track1524 to fode forth1525 tract1527 protract1528 further1529 to make stay of1530 surcease1530 prorogate1534 to fay upon longc1540 linger1543 retard?1543 slake1544 procrastine1548 reprieve1548 remit1550 suspense1556 leave1559 shiftc1562 suspend1566 procrastinate1569 dally1574 post1577 to hold off1580 drift1584 loiter1589 postpose1598 to take one's (own) timea1602 flag1602 slug1605 elong1610 belay1613 demur1613 tardya1616 to hang up1623 frist1637 disjourn1642 future1642 off1642 waive1653 superannuate1655 perendinate1656 stave1664 detard1675 remora1686 to put back1718 withhold1726 protract1737 to keep over1847 to hold over1853 laten1860 to lay over1885 hold1891 back-burner1975 c1420 Pallad. on Husb. i. 98 An heir hil, that wynd that wold offende Let holde of. 1580 J. Lyly Euphues & his Eng. (new ed.) f. 85v Thou holdest me off with many delayes. 1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet i. iv. 57 Hold of your hands. 1629 J. Earle Micro-cosmogr. (ed. 5) xxiii. sig. E8v A meere Complementall Man Is one to be held off still at the same distance you are now. 1725 A. Pope Corr. 14 Dec. (1956) II. 349 Absence does but hold off a Friend, to make one see him the truer. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Hold off, the keeping the hove-in part of a cable or hawser clear of the capstan. 2. intransitive. To keep oneself or remain off, away, or at a distance; to refrain from action; to delay. ΘΚΠ the world > space > distance > distance or farness > be or remain at a distance [verb (intransitive)] to stand apart1538 to stand off1600 to hold off1604 to keep awaya1616 to keep offa1616 distance1658 to keep one's luff1682 to keep back1836 the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > untimeliness > delay or postponement > delay [verb (intransitive)] geleOE studegieOE abideOE to do in or a (= on) fristc1175 dwellc1175 demurc1230 targec1250 dretcha1325 tarrya1375 sojourn1377 defer1382 letc1385 hinderc1386 blina1400 delay?a1400 honea1400 litea1400 overbidea1400 prolongc1425 supersede1433 hoverc1440 tarrowc1480 sunyie1488 stay?a1500 sleep1519 slack1530 protract1540 linger1548 procrastinate1548 slackc1560 slug1565 jauk1568 temporize1579 detract1584 longering1587 sit1591 prorogue1593 to time it out1613 to lie out1640 crastinate1656 taigle17.. to hang fire1782 to hold off1790 to hang it on1819 prevaricate1854 to lie over1856 to tread water1942 to drag one's feet1946 the world > action or operation > inaction > not doing > abstaining or refraining from action > abstain or refrain from action [verb (intransitive)] to let bec1000 fastOE withdraw1297 letc1374 forbearc1375 abstaina1382 sparec1386 respitea1393 to let alonea1400 refraina1402 supersede1449 deport1477 to hold one's handa1500 spare1508 surcease1542 detract1548 to hold back1576 hold1589 to stand by1590 to hold up1596 suspend1598 stickle1684 to hold off1861 to bottle it1988 1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet ii. ii. 292 If you loue me hold not of. View more context for this quotation 1790 T. Jefferson Writings (1859) III. 133 Holding off, therefore, nearly three months. 1861 Temple Bar 1 339 The only person who at all held off from joining. 1887 Spectator 1 Oct. 1301 The storm may hold off. 1891 Longman's Mag. Oct. 592 The galleons..had been observed to hold off. 1893 Field 15 Apr. 555/1 The rain ‘holds off’. 3. nonce-use as adj. ( hold-off). Given to holding off; distant. ΚΠ 1893 R. L. Stevenson Catriona xxiv. 286 I saw I must be extremely hold-off in my relations. < as lemmas |
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