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单词 off-the-rack
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off-the-rack

[ awf-thuh-rak, of- ]
/ ˈɔf ðəˈræk, ˈɒf- /
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adjective

(of clothing) not made to specific or individual requirements; ready-made: off-the-rack men's suits.
Slang. off-the-wall.

Origin of off-the-rack

First recorded in 1965–70

Words nearby off-the-rack

off the handle, off the hook, off-the-job, off the mark, off-the-peg, off-the-rack, off the rails, off-the-record, off-the-shelf, off the top of one's head, off the track
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Example sentences from the Web for off-the-rack

  • Kate speaks rarely, smiles, and wears pretty clothes which—if they are off-the-rack—then sell out.

    Calm Down, Prince George Is Just a Baby|Tim Teeman|April 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST
  • We settled in, three armed strangers, in our off-the-rack suits and bullet-resistant vests.

    To Shoot or Not to Shoot|Edward Conlon|April 14, 2011|DAILY BEAST

Idioms and Phrases with off-the-rack

off the rack

Ready-made, as in She has all her clothes made; she never buys a dress off the rack. The rack here is a frame from which clothes are hung. [Mid-1900s] A British synonym is off the peg, similarly alluding to a knob from which clothes are hung and dating from the late 1800s. Also see off the shelf.

The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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