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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary

off [ɔf]
  1. 1. adjective [+machine] [ light] [ engine] [ tap] (not turned on) 关着的
  2. 2. adjective [+meeting] [ match] [ agreement] (cancelled) 取消
  3. 3. adjective [+milk] [ cheese] [ meat etc] 不新鲜的
    the milk's off
    牛奶变质
  4. 4. adjective on the off chance (in expressions) (just in case) 怀着渺茫希望
    to have an off day
    [inf] 状态欠佳
  5. 5. adverb I must be off (away) 我必须得走了
    where are you off to?
    你上哪儿去?
    to go off to Paris/Italy
    巴黎/意大利
    it's a long way off
    它在很远的地方
  6. 6. adverb (in time) 它还远未结束
    the game is three days off
    3天后开赛
  7. 7. adverb to be off (not at work) (on holiday) 在休假
  8. 8. adverb (due to illness) 休病假
    I'm off on Fridays
    周五上班
    to have a day off
    休假一天
  9. 9. adverb (because ill) 休病假一天
  10. 10. adverb [商] 10% off 10%的折扣
  11. 11. adverb (removed,detached) 脱落/掉
    there's a button off
    一颗扣子掉了
  12. 12. preposition to take a picture off the wall (indicating motion,removal etc) 把画像从墙上取下来
    to fall/jump off a cliff
    摔/跳下悬崖
    to get off a bus/train
    公共汽车/火车
  13. 13. preposition it's just off the motorway (distant from) 它就在高速公路边上
    it's 15 km off the main road
    它离主干道15公里
    an island off the coast
    海岸边的一个小岛
  14. 14. preposition to be off meat/beer {etc} (not enjoying) 不想吃肉/喝啤酒{等}

Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

off [ɒf]
  1. 1. adverb 离开远离
    They drove off.
    他们开车离开了。
  2. 2. adverb 离……有……远,距……有……久
    The party is still 2 weeks off (or away).
    聚会还有两周的时间
    The boat was 5 miles off (or away).
    船在五里以外地方
  3. 3. adverb 除去分离隔开
    He shaved off his mustache.
    他剃掉了他的胡须
  4. 4. adverb 进入
  5. 5. adverb 停止切断,不继续运行
  6. 6. adverb 减价折扣
  7. 7. adverb 用完耗尽
  8. 8. adverb 休息休假,不工作
  9. 9. adverb 朝向一边
  10. 10. adverb 舞台后,在幕后
  11. 11. adjective 不在工作的不在运行的
    The lights are off.
    灯关了。
    The oven is off.
    烤箱关了。
  12. 12. adjective 较差的,没有达到标准
    His performance was off.
    他的演出取消了。
  13. 13. adjective 取消的,撤销
    The wedding is definitely off.
    婚礼确定取消了。
  14. 14. adjective 好吃的;腐坏的,变质
  15. 15. adjective 休息的,不上班
    He's off every Tuesday.
    他每星期二都外出
  16. 16. adjective 淡的萧条
  17. 17. adjective 错的,不正确的
  18. 18. adjective [American English] [Slang] 疯的,不正常的
  19. 19. adjective 出发的,离开的
  20. 20. adjective 处于……境况
  21. 21. adjective 极小的很小的
  22. 22. adjective 下降的降低的
  23. 23. adjective [Slang] 极度兴奋
  24. 24. preposition 从……落下,从……离开
  25. 25. preposition 低于不及
  26. 26. preposition 上班,不工作
  27. 27. preposition [Spoken] 戒掉,不再依靠
  28. 28. preposition 远离,在……的外面
  29. 29. preposition 从……分岔
  30. 30. preposition [Informal] 从,来自……
  31. 31. preposition 依靠依赖
  32. 32. n.[u] 起跑
  33. 33. noun [Abbreviation] [Military] Officer,军官
  34. 34. n.[u] [Cricket] 击球手前方场地
  35. 35. vt. [Slang] [American English] 杀死,杀掉
  36. 36. vi. [Slang] 死亡

Collins English-English Dictionary

off [ɒf]
  1. 1. prep used to indicate actions in which contact is absent or rendered absent, as between an object and a surface
    to lift a cup off the table
  2. 2. prep used to indicate the removal of something that is or has been appended to or in association with something else
    to take the tax off potatoes
  3. 3. prep out of alignment with
    we are off course
  4. 4. prep situated near to or leading away from
    just off the High Street
  5. 5. prep not inclined towards
    I'm off work
    I've gone off you
  6. 6. adv [particle] so as to be deactivated or disengaged
    turn off the radio
  7. 7. adv [particle] so as to get rid of
    sleep off a hangover
  8. 8. adv so as to be removed from, esp as a reduction
    he took ten per cent off
  9. 9. adv spent away from work or other duties
    take the afternoon off
  10. 10. adv on a trip, journey, or race
    I saw her off at the station
  11. 11. adv [particle] so as to be completely absent, used up, or exhausted
    this stuff kills off all vermin
  12. 12. adv out from the shore or land
    the ship stood off
  13. 13. adv out of contact; at a distance
    the ship was 10 miles off
  14. 14. adv out of the present location
    the girl ran off
  15. 15. adv away in the future
    August is less than a week off
  16. 16. adv [particle] so as to be no longer taking place
    the match has been rained off
  17. 17. adv [particle] removed from contact with something, as clothing from the body
    the girl took all her clothes off
  18. 18. adv offstage
    noises off
  19. 19. adv [commerce] (used with a preceding number) indicating the number of items required or produced
    please supply 100 off
  20. 20. adj not on; no longer operative
    the off position on the dial
  21. 21. adj [postpositive] not or no longer taking place; cancelled or postponed
    the meeting is off
  22. 22. adj in a specified condition regarding money, provisions, etc
    well off
    how are you off for bread?
  23. 23. adj unsatisfactory or disappointing
    his performance was rather off
    an off year for good tennis
  24. 24. adj [postpositive] in a condition as specified
    I'd be better off without this job
  25. 25. adj [postpositive] no longer on the menu; not being served at the moment
    sorry, love, haddock is off
  26. 26. adj [postpositive] (of food or drink) having gone bad, sour, etc
    this milk is off
  27. 27. n [cricket] the part of the field on that side of the pitch to which the batsman presents his bat when taking strike: thus for a right-hander, off is on the right-hand side - Compare leg
  28. 28. n [in combination] a fielding position in this part of the field
    mid-off
  29. 29. n (as modifier)
    the off stump
  30. 30. vt. [tr] to kill (someone)
  31. 31. vt. [Etymology] originally variant of of; fully distinguished from it in the 17th century
  32. 32. vt. [Usage] In standard English, off is not followed by of: he stepped off (not off of) the platform

Examples

When my alarm goes off in the morning I don't want to turn it off.
早上我的闹铃响时我都不想关它。
When my father jumped off the diving board and his hairpiece came off.
我父亲从跳水板上跳起时,他的假发掉了。
I can't scrape you off my mind nor even off the end of my pen.
我无法把你从脑海中抹去,书写出来的文字也是字字不离你。
A ferocious gust off the nearby sea nearly lifted him off his feet.
近海刮来的一阵风几乎把他吹起来。
He can fling off poems off the top of his head.
他可以轻易写出诗来。
The answer came off the top off his head in an instant.
他瞬时不假思索地说出答案。
The department store will take off an additional 20 percent off the sales price.
这家百货公司会在促销价基础上再减价20%。
drop off to sleep
睡着

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