单词 | off-the-cuff |
释义 | off-the-cuff From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishoff-the-cuffˌoff-the-ˈcuff adjective [usually before noun]THINK ABOUTan off-the-cuff remark, reply etc is one that you make without thinking about it first SYN spontaneous —off-the-cuff adverbExamples from the Corpusoff-the-cuff• Part of the reason is that, off-the-cuff, Mr Kantor has not yet learned to speak the language of trade buffs.• The press officer said that the president's statement was an off-the-cuff remark, not as an official statement of policy.• There were many hilarious discussions and off-the-cuff remarks.• I raise that as an off-the-cuff thought. |
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