| 释义 |
Verb: offset (offset,offsetting) `óf'set- Compensate for or counterbalance
"offset deposits and withdrawals"
- countervail - Make up for
"His skills offset his opponent's superior strength"
- cancel, set off - Cause (printed matter) to transfer or smear onto another surface
- Create an offset in
"offset a wall" - Produce by offset printing
"offset the conference proceedings"
Noun: offset 'óf`set- The time at which something is supposed to begin
- beginning, commencement, first, outset, get-go, start, kickoff, starting time, showtime - A compensating equivalent
- counterbalance - A horizontal branch from the base of plant that produces new plants from buds at its tips
- stolon, runner - A natural consequence of development
- outgrowth, branch, offshoot - A plate makes an inked impression on a rubber-blanketed cylinder, which in turn transfers it to the paper
- offset printing - Structure where a wall or building narrows abruptly
- set-back, setoff
Derived forms: offsetting, offset, offsets Type of: balance, compensation, consequence, construction, create, effect, equilibrate, equilibrise [Brit], equilibrize, event, impress, issue, make, outcome, plant organ, point, point in time, print, printing, printing process, result, structure, transfer, upshot Encyclopedia: Offset |