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off /ˈɔf/
(a.)(ad.)離開…,斷掉的,關上的,脫離的,中斷的,免除責任的,休假的
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偏置( 使 )截止
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載波有無( 方式 )
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胞狀管轄移轉
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捨去誤差
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資料消除
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緊急斷電
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圖形--關閉
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硬體韌體軟體權衡
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註銷
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劃線
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最高截止頻率
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關; 斷開; 截止; 離開
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開閉
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捨入
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科學成果
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斷無; 斷流
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銳截止
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時間折衷
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空閒時間
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時間空間折衷
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選替
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機器緊急切電器
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註銷
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自動斷路
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自動交換停止
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Off adv. In a general sense, denoting from or away from; as:
1. Denoting distance or separation; as, the house is a mile off.
2. Denoting the action of removing or separating; separation; as, to take off the hat or cloak; to cut off, to pare off, to clip off, to peel off, to tear off, to march off, to fly off, and the like.
3. Denoting a leaving, abandonment, departure, abatement, interruption, or remission; as, the fever goes off; the pain goes off; the game is off; all bets are off.
4. Denoting a different direction; not on or towards: away; as, to look off.
5. Denoting opposition or negation. [Obs.]
The questions no way touch upon puritanism, either off or on. --Bp. Sanderson.
From off, off from; off. “A live coal . . . taken with the tongs from off the altar.” --Is. vi. 6.
Off and on. (a) Not constantly; not regularly; now and then; occasionally. (b) Naut. On different tacks, now toward, and now away from, the land.
To be off. (a) To depart; to escape; as, he was off without a moment's warning. (b) To be abandoned, as an agreement or purpose; as, the bet was declared to be off. [Colloq.]
To come off, To cut off, To fall off, To go off, etc. See under Come, Cut, Fall, Go, etc.
To get off. (a) To utter; to discharge; as, to get off a joke. (b) To go away; to escape; as, to get off easily from a trial. [Colloq.]
To take off To do a take-off on, To take off, to mimic, lampoon, or impersonate.
To tell off (a) Mil., to divide and practice a regiment or company in the several formations, preparatory to marching to the general parade for field exercises. --Farrow. (b) to rebuke (a person) for an improper action; to scold; to reprimand.
To be well off, to be in good condition.
To be ill off, To be badly off, to be in poor condition.
Off interj. Away; begone; -- a command to depart.
Off, prep. Not on; away from; as, to be off one's legs or off the bed; two miles off the shore.
Off hand. See Offhand.
Off side (Football), out of play; -- said when a player has got in front of the ball in a scrimmage, or when the ball has been last touched by one of his own side behind him.
To be off color, (a) to be of a wrong color. (b) to be mildly obscene.
To be off one's food or To be off one's feed, (Colloq.) to have no appetite; to be eating less than usual.
Off, a.
1. On the farther side; most distant; on the side of an animal or a team farthest from the driver when he is on foot; in the United States, the right side; as, the off horse or ox in a team, in distinction from the nigh or near horse or ox; the off leg.
2. Designating a time when one is not strictly attentive to business or affairs, or is absent from his post, and, hence, a time when affairs are not urgent; as, he took an off day for fishing: an off year in politics. “In the off season.”
Off side. (a) The right hand side in driving; the farther side. See Gee. (b) Cricket See Off, n.
Off, n. Cricket The side of the field that is on the right of the wicket keeper.
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off
adj 1: not in operation or operational; "the oven is off"; "the
lights are off" [ant: on]
2: below a satisfactory level; "an off year for tennis"; "his
performance was off"
3: (of events) no longer planned or scheduled; "the wedding is
definitely off" [syn: cancelled] [ant: on]
4: in an unpalatable state; "sour milk" [syn: sour, turned]
5: not performing or scheduled for duties; "He's off every
Tuesday"; "he was off duty when it happened"; "an off-duty
policeman" [syn: off(p), off duty(p), off-duty(a)]
adv 1: from a particular thing or place or position (`forth' is
obsolete); "ran away from the lion"; "wanted to get
away from there"; "sent the children away to boarding
school"; "the teacher waved the children away from the
dead animal"; "went off to school"; "they drove off";
"go forth and preach" [syn: away, forth]
2: at a distance in space or time; "the boat was 5 miles off
(or away)"; "the party is still 2 weeks off (or away)";
"away back in the 18th century" [syn: away]
3: no longer on or in contact or attached; "clean off the
dirt"; "he shaved off his mustache"
[also: offer]