单词 | off-the-rack |
释义 | off-the-rack[ awf-thuh-rak, of- ] / ˈɔf ðəˈræk, ˈɒf- / SEE SYNONYMS FOR off-the-rack ON THESAURUS.COM 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-rackFirst recorded in 1965–70 Words nearby off-the-rackoff 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 Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for off-the-rack
Idioms and Phrases with off-the-rackoff 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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