off/ɒf/

adv

1. (时间或空间上的)距离，隔开

• The village is only half a mile off. 村庄就在半英里外。

• The college entrance examination was only two days off. 两天后就要高考了。

• Hands off. 请勿动手。

2. 脱掉；掉下

• The children kicked off their shoes and played on my carpet. 孩子们甩掉鞋子，在我的地毯上玩起来。

• Take your coat off. 把外衣脱掉吧。

3. 关，停，闭

• switch off the radio 关上收音机

• Turn the light off, please. 请关上灯。

4. 离开

• He went off to work in a hurry. 他急匆匆地去上班。

• He had been waiting there when we got off. 我们下车的时候他已经等候在那儿了。

5. 休息

• take a day off 休息一天

• She was off because she had a fever. 她发烧了没有来。

6. 完，光

• drink off a big bowl of soya-bean milk 喝掉一大碗豆浆

7. (食物)腐烂，变坏

• The milk went off. Why didn't you put it in the refrigerator? 牛奶坏了，你为什么没把它放到冰箱里？

8. 减价，折扣

• The price was already 20% off. 价格已经打了八折。

9. 摆脱:

• sleep it off 用睡觉来忘却此事

10. 到头，彻底

• Clear your room off. 把你的房间收拾干净。

• Finish your work off before you go home. 回家前把工作做完。

11. 失去知觉

• doze off 昏睡

12. 中止

• The wedding is off. 婚礼取消了。

词组off and on

1. 断断续续地

• It rained off and on all day. 雨断断续续地下了一整天。

2. (指船)时而离岸时而靠岸地

• The ship stood off and on until morning. 那只船时而离岸时而靠岸。