| 单词 | set off |
| 释义 | set off 1. obsolete 2. a. < bright with flowers … a sinister brightness … set off by the blackness of the shadows — William Beebe > b. < ribbons and laces to set off the faces of pretty young sweethearts — W.S.Gilbert > c. obsolete d. < dramatic fire that generally sets off the leaders among men — C.B.Forcey > < set off the interjected material with commas > 3. a. < more variety in the Lancashire weather to set off its most disagreeable phases — Geographical Journal > — often used with against < strength of the middle classes … has been their ability to set off, within themselves, intellect against money — Roy Lewis & Angus Maude > b. 4. a. < speculation in stocks often sets off speculation in commodities — Kiplinger Washington Letter > < sensations of thirst can be shown to be set off by dryness of the mouth — F.A.Geldard > b. < lightning may set off nitroglycerin — Stanley Frank > 5. intransitive verb 1. < set off for home > < saddled up and set off in pursuit > 2. |
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