【off音标】 英[ɒf] 美[ɔ:f]
【单词释义】 off是什么意思：
prep.从…落下/离开；从…去掉；下班
adv.离开；距，离；被取消；下班
adj.不新鲜的；不能接受；不礼貌
n.起跑
v.（非正式）杀死；（非正式）离开
[单词分级] 中考英语词汇
【常用短语】
back off 后退；软化；减轻；卸下
carry off 成功完成；赢得；获得
cut off 切断；中断；使死亡
dash off 匆忙完成；匆忙离开
drop off 减少；让……下车；睡着
finish off 结束，完成；毁灭；吃完
fire off 发射，射出;迅速发出（信件），快速提出（问题），很快讲出(话语)
get off v. 动身；免于受罚；从…下来；脱下
give off 释放，放出，发出
go off 离开；进行；变质；睡去；断掉；爆炸
hold off 推迟；拖延；抵挡住
lay off 辞退，解雇
make off 匆忙离开；逃走
off duty 下班；不值班
put off 推迟；扔掉；阻止
set off 动身；出发；启程；引爆；引发
show off 炫耀；卖弄
take off 起飞；脱下；离开
turn off 关掉，关闭；拐弯
【单词例句】
◇ And she ran off the path into the woods looking for flowers. Each time she picked one she thought that she could see an even more beautiful one a little way off, and she ran after it, going further and further into the woods.
她於是离开大路，走进林子去採花。她每採下一朵花，总觉得前面还有更美丽的花朵，便又向前走去，结果一直走到了林子深处。
---- Little Red Cap
◇ Then all at once, it raised its wings and they flapped with much greater strength than before and bore him off vigorously.
忽然间他举起翅膀：翅膀拍起来比以前有力得多，马上就把他托起来飞走了。
---- The Ugly Duckling
◇ She had drawn her little feet under her, but she could not keep off the cold;
她把一双小脚卷缩到身下，可还是不觉得暖和。
◇ Nothing could surprise Alice now.'Well,I'll eat it,'she said.'If I get taller,I can take the key off the table.And if I get smaller,I can get under the door.One way or another,I'll get into the garden.So it doesn't matter what happens!'
现在没什么能让爱丽丝奇怪的了。“好，吃就吃，”她说。“如果我长高了，就能从桌子上拿钥匙了。如果我变小点就能穿过门了。不管怎样，我得去花园里。发生什么都不要紧！”
---- Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1)
◇ "They are living in the sticky film stuck to the teeth and also to the soft tissues," says Hirschfeld. "This sticky film can't be easily rinsed off – it really needs to be manually cleaned."
赫希菲尔德说：“它们生活在粘附在牙齿和软组织上的粘性膜中。这种粘性膜不能轻易被冲洗干净——它真的需要手动清洁。”
---- How to properly brush your teeth
◇ The butterfly did not like to take too much trouble, so he flew off on a visit to the daisies. The French call this flower "Marguerite,"and they say that the little daisy can prophesy.
蝴蝶不愿意招来麻烦，因此就飞到雏菊那儿去。法国人把这种小花叫做“玛加丽特”（註：原文是“Margreth”，这个字是“雏菊”的意思；欧美有许多女子用这个字作为名字。）。他们知道，她能作出预言。
---- The Butterfly
◇ There she lay and was so beautiful that he could not take his eyes off her. He bent over and gave her a kiss.
玫瑰公主睡得正香，她是那么美丽动人，他瞪大眼睛，连眨也舍不得眨一下，看着看着，禁不住俯下身去吻了她一下。
---- Little Brier-Rose
◇ When they were shown in her office and saw her once more, she brought them a teapot of tea and some cookies, laughing and saying, “I rubbed some cream and wax on my garment and passed myself off as a shabby woman among thieves and robbers to investigate a plot.
当他们被带进她的办公室再次见到她时，她给他们拿来一壶茶和一些饼干，笑着说：“我把奶油和蜡涂在大衣上假扮成寒酸肮脏的女人混进在小偷和抢劫犯中间，是为了调查一宗阴谋。
◇ I asked him to hang on, but this innocent man just rang off and set out to fly from his courtyard. I dialed his number in the directory trying to ring him back, but never got through.
我请他稍等，但这个天真的人挂了电话就开始从院子里起飞。我拨打他在电话簿上的号码试图回电给他，却无法接通。
---- Strange Patent Applications
◇ After a series of initial experiments and corrections, the scientist’s hard work paid off when the twin clone turkeys were hatched with normal feather and claws.
在最初一系列的实验和修正之后，科学家的辛苦工作终于取得了成功，一对双生的克隆火鸡孵化出来，羽毛和爪子都很正常。