| 单词 | take off |
| 释义 | take off I. transitive verb 1. < took his shoes off and put on his slippers > < chinook winds … took off as much as a foot of snow in 24 hours — E.B.Crane > < gave up trying to drive a car after taking off a fender — T.P.Whitney > < preparation takes paint off in one application > < system for taking off honey — Guy Diemer > as a. < take the brake off > b. < play was taken off after three performances > < company announced that it would take two evening trains off > c. < put in to take some stranded seamen off > < steamer calls once a week to take off mail > d. (1) < take 10 percent off for cash > (2) < looking for any excuse to take an hour off — Lillian Hellman > < took two weeks off in August > < usually played golf on Sunday but decided to take that Sunday off > < took a few minutes off to rest > 2. < take off a tax > < promised to take the restrictions off > 3. < turn up the furnace long enough to take the chill off > < poured in a small jug of raw cream — this, as they said, took off the greasiness — Paul Jennings > 4. < disease appeared … and without respect of persons or neighborhoods, took off young and old — American Guide Series: Delaware > < pneumonia took him off in his prime > 5. < took a pint of beer off without lowering his glass > 6. a. < take off a hundred copies > b. < took off his head and shoulders in charcoal > c. < mannerisms that his critics delighted in taking off > d. < take off a telegram > 7. a. < in taking off glass … even inches are used to describe the sizes — Building, Estimating & Contracting > b. < take off a total > c. < take off a trial balance > 8. a. < was taken off by the police > b. < takes himself off, then telegraphs home for money — Elizabeth Bowen > intransitive verb 1. a. b. of a tide, storm, or wind 2. a. < took off in a radio command car — Bill Davidson > < took off without comment, stamping down the steps — R.O.Case > < took off downriver — Bernard De Voto > b. (1) < pike taking off straight east is the Ramona Freeway — Ralph Friedman > < occasionally … takes off from reality, and then he is at his best — Time > (2) < takes off from something observed or remembered — David Daiches > c. of a jumper, hurdler, or vaulter d. of an airplane, rocket, or bird e. f. < ritual of taking off was over and the drug was in his head — Hal Ellson > 3. < top takes off easily > II. transitive verb slang intransitive verb < the business took off and has been flying high ever since — R.H.Jones > |
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