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出处：按学科分类—语言、文字 辽宁人民出版社《英汉辞典》第861页（1514字）

【释义】：

ad．①离开，向那边：fly off 飞了．look off 转移视线往别处看．The instructor is off to Peking．指导员到北京去了．Imust be off now．我该走了．Off you go!你走吧!②距离，在那边：The school is two miles off．离学校有二哩地．National Day is not far off．国庆节快到了．Keep off!走开!③…掉，…下，…去：clean off 擦掉．cut off 割下，切断．Take them off．把他们带走．Take off your coat．把上衣脱下来吧．Off with his boots．把他的靴子脱掉．The door handle has come off．门把手掉了．④完了，中止．drink off 喝完．pay off 付清．The water(gas，electricity)is off．水(煤气、电)停了．Turn off the radio．把收音机闭了．Finish off one job before you start another．做完一件工作，再做另一件工作．off and on断断续续地：It rained off and on all day．雨断断续续地下了一整天．⑤(食物)腐败：This meat(fish)is slightly off．这肉(鱼)有点坏了．

△right off 立即，马上．well(badly) off 生活得好(不好)．

－prep．①离开，不在：fall off a ladder从梯子掉下来．A button has come off my coat．我的上衣掉了一个钮扣．The casting workshop is off the main building．铸造车间离主楼有一段距离．Keep off the grass!勿踏草地!He is off duty．他不在值班．There are several narrow lanes off the main road．从大路分出了若干小巷．②少于：take 20% off the price照定价打八折．He is three years off forty．他差三岁就四十了．

△off colour气色不好．off one’s feed【俚】食欲不振．off one’s head【俚】发疯．off smoking不大抽烟．off the map 1)【俚】不再存在．2)【口语】远离人烟的．off the mark1)(枪弹)未击中．2)离题，走题．off the point离题，走题．

－a．①远方的，在那一边的：on the off side of the wall墙的那一边．②(马、车轮等)右侧的：the off horse外套(马)，右边的马．the front off wheel右前轮．③空闲的，没事的：the off season淡季．an off day休息日．

△(on)the off chance很少有机会：There is an off chance of finding him at house．很难在家里找到他．