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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++off1 /ɒf $ ɒːf/ ●●● S1 W1 adverb, preposition, adjective 1 HEREaway from a place 离开，离去 He got into his car and drove off. 他上了车，随即开车走了。 Suddenly they turned off and parked in a side road. 突然他们拐出去停在一条岔路上。 Once we were off the main freeway, the trip felt more like a vacation. 我们一离开主高速公路，旅途的感觉就更像是度假了。 Her husband was off on a business trip somewhere. 她丈夫到什么地方出差去了。 Are you ready? Off we go. 你准备好了吗？ 我们走吧。 I must be off now (=I must leave). 现在我必须走了。 They were off to Italy (=leaving to go to Italy) and wanted to make an early start. 他们要去意大利，想早点出发。2 not on something, or removed from something 不在〔某物〕上面(的)；从〔某物〕上移开(的) Keep off the grass. 勿踩草坪。 As he leaned forward, his hat fell off. 他俯身时帽子掉了。 Someone had taken the mirror off the wall. 有人把镜子从墙上取下来了。 Take your coat off. 把你的外衣脱下来。 I was trying to scrape the mud off my boots. 我在想办法把靴子上的泥刮掉。 ► Don’t say ‘off of’ something. Say off something: She fell off her chair (NOT off of her chair).不要说 ‘off of’ something. 而要说 off something: She fell off her chair (不说 off of her chair). 她从椅子上摔下来了。3 TTLEAVE A PLACEout of a bus, train, plane etc 下〔公共汽车、火车、飞机等〕 OPP on I’ll get off at the next stop. 我将在下一站下车。 Everyone got off the train at Winnipeg. 所有的人都在温尼伯下火车。4 TOFF/SWITCHED OFFa machine, piece of equipment etc that is off is not working or operating 〔机器、设备等〕不在工作，不在运转，停止 OPP on Will someone switch the radio off? 谁把收音机关掉好吗？ Make sure all the lights are off. 一定要把所有的灯都关掉。5 BEHOLIDAYnot at work, school etc because you are ill or on holiday 〔因生病或度假〕不工作；不上学；休息 → absent My secretary’s been off with flu for the past week. 我的秘书过去一周得了流感没来上班。 Clare had to stay off school because her mother was ill. 克莱尔因为妈妈病了不能去上学。 You look tired. Why don’t you take tomorrow off? 你看上去很疲惫，为什么明天不休息一天呢？ He needs more time off duty for relaxation and rest. 他需要更多的时间放松休息。 ‘Going to work today, mum?’ ‘No. It’s my day off today.’ “妈妈，你今天去上班吗？”“不，今天我休息。”6 TAKE something FROM somebody informal from someone 从〔某人〕那里 My brother once borrowed some money off him. 我弟弟曾经从他那里借过钱。 I got this necklace off a woman outside the market. 这条项链我是从市场外面的一个女人那里买的。7 8 9 BBTREDUCEused to say that a price is reduced by a particular amount 削价，减价10 if an event which has been arranged is off, it will not now take place 〔安排好的事情〕被取消 → cancelled, postponed11 British English informal behaviour that is off is rude or is not acceptable 〔行为〕粗鲁; 失礼12 used to say how much of something someone has 〔用于表示某人有多少东西〕13 off and on (also on and off)REGULAR for short periods but not regularly, over a long period of time 断断续续地，时有时无地14 INTERESTEDno longer wanting or liking something 不想要；戒除15 MDno longer taking something such as a drug or medicine 不再服用〔药物等〕 OPP on16 17 American English not as good as usual 没有通常那么好的18 American English not correct or not right 不正确的，不对的 → right off at right2(2), → straight off at straight1(7), → off the top of your head at top1(18), → noises off at noise1(8)
Examples from the Corpus
off• Nancy waved good-bye as she drove off.• noises off• Polly's wedding was still about six weeks off.• The nearest town is fifteen kilometres off.• Can anyone get this lid off?• Do you get Christmas Eve off?• I'm afraid the wedding's off.• We need to stop off and get gas soon.• I'll get off at the next stop.• We were still several miles off, but you could already see a glow in the sky from the lights of the city.• The robbers must be a long way off by now.• Carol is off for the whole week.• It happened while his wife was off on a business trip.• Get 15% off on all winter coats in the store.• The suspects quickly turned off onto a side road.• I saw him hurrying off to catch his plane.• All the lights were off when I got home.• Take off your shoes.be well/badly off for something• Most men and women would be better off for not going to prison at all.• Besides all this, he would be well off for the first time in his life.way off• Guess again - you're way off.• He could hear voices from way off in another part of the house.• Way off in the distance I could see a light shining.• I could see snow-capped mountains way off in the distance.off2 adjective [only before noun] 1 off day/week etc BADa day, week etc when you are not doing something as well as you usually do 发挥不正常[失水准]的一天/一个星期等2 off period/season etc DLTBUSY PLACEa period or season which is not as busy as other times of the year 萧条期/淡季等3. TTC British English used to talk about a pair of things such as wheels on a car, to mean the one on the right 〔车轮等成对的物体之中〕右边的，右侧的 OPP nearExamples from the Corpus
off• At the close of trading, the Dow Jones Index was off 28 points.• Johnson's free throw shooting was off.• Sales figures for the third quarter are a little off compared to the second quarter.off3 noun British English 1 the off DSLEAVE A JOB OR ORGANIZATIONthe start of a race or a journey 〔比赛或旅程的〕开始，出发2 from the off from the beginning of something 从一开始off4 verb [transitive] American English informal KILLto kill someone 杀死 〔某人〕 The guy who did this ought to be offed. 干这事的人该杀。→ See Verb tableaway Corpus place a from
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off1 S1 W1 /ɒf $ ɒːf/ 
adverb, preposition, adjective
1. away from a place:
He got into his car and drove off.
Suddenly they turned off and parked in a side road.
Once we were off the main freeway, the trip felt more like a vacation.
Her husband was off on a business trip somewhere.
Are you ready? Off we go.
I must be off now (=I must leave).
They were off to Italy (=leaving to go to Italy) and wanted to make an early start.
2. not on something, or removed from something:
Keep off the grass.
As he leaned forward, his hat fell off.
Someone had taken the mirror off the wall.
Take your coat off.
I was trying to scrape the mud off my boots.
► Do not say ‘off of’ something. Say off something: She fell off her chair (NOT off of her chair).
3. out of a bus, train, plane etc
OPP on:
I’ll get off at the next stop.
Everyone got off the train at Winnipeg.
4. a machine, piece of equipment etc that is off is not working or operating
OPP on:
Will someone switch the radio off?
Make sure all the lights are off.
5. not at work, school etc because you are ill or on holiday ⇨ absent:
My secretary’s been off with flu for the past week.
Clare had to stay off school because her mother was ill.
You look tired. Why don’t you take tomorrow off?
He needs more time off duty for relaxation and rest.
‘Going to work today, mum?’ ‘No. It’s my day off today.__
6. informal from someone:
My brother once borrowed some money off him.
I got this necklace off a woman outside the market.
7.
a. used to say how far away something is:
We could see the cliffs of Shetland about two miles off.
Kara’s home was a long way off across the sea.
b. used to say how much time there is between now and a future event:
With the exams now only a week off, I had to study hard.
Christmas seemed a long way off.
c. used to say how likely or unlikely something is:
Any kind of peace agreement still seems a long way off.
8.
a. only a short distance away from a place:
Our hotel was just off the main street.
an island off the coast of France
b. connected to a particular room, area, road etc:
There’s a small bathroom off the main bedroom.
a narrow street leading off the corner of the square
9. used to say that a price is reduced by a particular amount:
If you buy more than ten, they knock 10% off.
10. if an event which has been arranged is off, it will not now take place ⇨ cancelled, postponed:
The wedding’s off.
The race may have to be called off if the bad weather continues.
11. British English informal behaviour that is off is rude or is not acceptable:
She walked out before the end of your lecture, which I thought was a bit off.
Look, I know when someone’s being off with me.
12. used to say how much of something someone has
be well/badly off for something
The school’s fairly well off for books these days.
How are you off for sports equipment (=do you have enough?)? ⇨ well-off, badly off, better off
13. off and on (also on and off) for short periods but not regularly, over a long period of time:
We’ve been going out together for five years, off and on.
14. no longer wanting or liking something:
Toby’s been off his food for a few days.
go off something/somebody British English:
I used to enjoy tennis, but I’ve gone off it a bit now.
She seems to have gone off Mark since he’s grown a beard.
15. no longer taking something such as a drug or medicine
OPP on:
The operation was a success, and she’s off the morphine.
16.
a. food that is off is no longer fresh enough to eat ⇨ rotten, sour:
Ugh! The milk’s off.
Do you think the meat’s gone off?
b. used to say that a particular kind of food is not available in a restaurant although it is on the menu:
I’m sorry, the fish pie is off today, sir.
17. American English not as good as usual:
Sales figures for last year were a little off compared with those of the previous year.
18. American English not correct or not right:
Our calculations were off.
Guess again. You’re way off (=very far from being correct).
⇨ right off at right3(2), ⇨ straight off at straight1(7), ⇨ off the top of your head at top1(18), ⇨ noises off at noise1(8)
off2 adjective [only before noun]
1. off day/week etc a day, week etc when you are not doing something as well as you usually do:
Brian never usually loses his temper – he must be having an off day.
2. off period/season etc a period or season which is not as busy as other times of the year:
In the off season, there’s hardly anyone staying at the hotel.
3. British English used to talk about a pair of things such as wheels on a car, to mean the one on the right
OPP near
off3 noun British English
1. the off the start of a race or a journey:
The horses were in line, ready for the off.
2. from the off from the beginning of something:
She was doubtful about the interview from the off.
off4 verb [transitive] American English informal
to kill someone:
The guy who did this ought to be offed.
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adverb, preposition, adjective1. away from a place:
2. not on something, or removed from something:
► Do not say ‘off of’ something. Say off something: She fell off her chair (NOT off of her chair).
3. out of a bus, train, plane etc
OPP on:
4. a machine, piece of equipment etc that is off is not working or operating
OPP on:
5. not at work, school etc because you are ill or on holiday ⇨ absent:
6. informal from someone:
7.
a. used to say how far away something is:
b. used to say how much time there is between now and a future event:
c. used to say how likely or unlikely something is:
8.
a. only a short distance away from a place:
b. connected to a particular room, area, road etc:
9. used to say that a price is reduced by a particular amount:
10. if an event which has been arranged is off, it will not now take place ⇨ cancelled, postponed:
11. British English informal behaviour that is off is rude or is not acceptable:
12. used to say how much of something someone has
be well/badly off for something
13. off and on (also on and off) for short periods but not regularly, over a long period of time:
14. no longer wanting or liking something:
go off something/somebody British English:
15. no longer taking something such as a drug or medicine
OPP on:
16.
a. food that is off is no longer fresh enough to eat ⇨ rotten, sour:
b. used to say that a particular kind of food is not available in a restaurant although it is on the menu:
17. American English not as good as usual:
18. American English not correct or not right:
⇨ right off at right3(2), ⇨ straight off at straight1(7), ⇨ off the top of your head at top1(18), ⇨ noises off at noise1(8)
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adjective [only before noun]1. off day/week etc a day, week etc when you are not doing something as well as you usually do:
2. off period/season etc a period or season which is not as busy as other times of the year:
3. British English used to talk about a pair of things such as wheels on a car, to mean the one on the right
OPP near
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noun British English1. the off the start of a race or a journey:
2. from the off from the beginning of something:
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verb [transitive] American English informalto kill someone:
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