発音 (9)
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/ɒf/
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- Received-Pronunciation
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/ɔːf/
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- Received-Pronunciation
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/ɔf/
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- General-American
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/ɒf/
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- Canada
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[ɔːf]
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- Canada
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/ɑf/
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- cot-caught-merger
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/ɔf/
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- Scotland
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ɒf
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- GB
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ɔf
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- US
副詞
In a direction away from the speaker or other reference point.
用法- not-comparable
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He drove off in a cloud of smoke.
その他の例文 (3)
No matter how early I came down, I would find him on the veranda, smoking cigarettes, or[…]. And at last I began to realize in my harassed soul that all elusion was futile, and to take such holidays as I could get, when he was off with a girl, in a spirit of thankfulness.
So this was my future home, I thought![…]Backed by towering hills, the but faintly discernible purple line of the French boundary off to the southwest, a sky of palest Gobelin flecked with fat, fleecy little clouds, it in truth looked a dear little city; the city of one's dreams.
The Conception caught fire around 3:14 a.m. on Labor Day off Santa Cruz Island, about 20 miles away from the coast of mainland California. It was the last day of a three-day diving trip.
Into a state of non-operation or non-existence.
用法- not-comparable
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Please switch off the light when you leave.
The dinosaurs died off long ago.
So as to remove or separate, or be removed or separated.
用法- not-comparable
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He bit off the end of the carrot.
Some branches were sawn off.
その他の例文 (2)
Please take your clothes off so that I can examine you.
The space had been sectioned off with colorful plastic shelves so that her textbooks rested on the bottom and her binders and personal effects lay across the middle.
Specifying the number of some item in bills, parts lists, etc.
用法- not-comparable
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3 off 20 amp fuses
Offstage.
用法- not-comparable
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noises off
Used in various other ways specific to individual idiomatic phrases, e.g. bring off, show off, put off, tell off, etc. See the entry for the individual phrase.
用法- not-comparable
形容詞
Inoperative, disabled.
用法- predicative
- 反義語
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All the lights are off.
Cancelled; not happening.
用法- predicative
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The party's off because the hostess is sick.
Not fitted; not being worn.
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Your feet will feel better once those tight boots are off.
The drink spilled out of the bottle because the top was off.
Denoting something faulty, unsatisfactory, objectionable etc. Not correct; not properly formed; not logical, harmonious, etc.
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This calculation is off: the numbers don't add up.
Is it right to say 'the amount of cars'? It sounds off to me.
その他の例文 (1)
The guitar isn't tuned properly. The bottom E is off.
Denoting something faulty, unsatisfactory, objectionable etc. Inappropriate; untoward.
用法- predicative
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I felt that his comments were a bit off.
Denoting something faulty, unsatisfactory, objectionable etc. Less than normal, in temperament or in result.
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sales are off this quarter
Denoting something faulty, unsatisfactory, objectionable etc. Designating a time when one is not performing to the best of one's abilities.
用法- in phrases such as 'off day'
Denoting something faulty, unsatisfactory, objectionable etc. Rancid, rotten, gone bad.
用法- 英国での用法
- 反義語
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This milk is off!
Denoting something faulty, unsatisfactory, objectionable etc. Disgusting, repulsive, abhorrent.
用法- Australia
- broadly
- 俗語
Circumstanced.
用法- usually
- in phrases such as 'well off'
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Our family used to be well off; now we're very badly off.
How are you off for milk? Shall I get you some more from the shop?
その他の例文 (1)
'Are you better off now than you were four years ago?' With that pointed question, Ronald Reagan defined the 1980 presidential election as a 92 referendum on Jimmy Carter's economic policies
Started on the way.
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off to see the wizard
And they're off! Whatsmyname takes an early lead, with Remember The Mane behind by a nose.
その他の例文 (3)
—Hello, Bloom. Where are you off to? —Hello, M’Coy. Nowhere in particular.
"But I'm off, Mr. Malone. We sit once a week and have done for four years without a break. Eight o'clock Thursdays."
Let them glimpse a green man coming at them with intent, and they're off like a bride's nighty. Even after capture some of them will seize every attempt to suicide — they just can't live with the tremendous loss of face.
Far; off to the side.
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He took me down the corridor and into an off room.
the off horse or ox in a team, in distinction from the nigh or near horse
その他の例文 (1)
He came in, took a look and squinched down into a chair in an off corner and didn’t open his mouth.
Temporarily not attending a usual place, such as work or school, especially owing to illness or holiday.
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John's off today. He's back on Wednesday.
Designating a time when one is not strictly attentive to business or affairs, or is absent from a post, and, hence, a time when affairs are not urgent.
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He took an off day for fishing. an off year in politics; the off season
Presently unavailable. (of a dish on a menu)
用法- predicative
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I'll have the chicken please. — Sorry, chicken's off today.
On the side furthest from the kerb (the right-hand side if one drives on the left).
用法- 英国での用法
- in relation to a vehicle
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The off front wheel came loose.
The man and the horse came closer and were Sonny Jacobs of the Diamond Six and a smallish neat sorrel definitely favouring its off forefoot.
In, or towards the half of the field away from the batsman's legs; the right side for a right-handed batsman.
Offsuit.
用法- 俗語
前置詞
Not positioned upon; away from a position upon.
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He's off the roof now.
I took it off the table.
その他の例文 (1)
Keep off the grass.
Detached, separated, excluded or disconnected from; away from a position of attachment or connection to.
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The phone is off the hook
The coat fell off the peg.
その他の例文 (4)
He was thrown off the team for cheating.
We've been off the grid for three days now.
We're off their radar.
He's off the computer, but he's still on the phone.
Outside the area or region of.
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The suspect is now believed to be off the campus.
I couldn't see what it said because the line of text ran off the page.
Temporarily not attending (a usual place), especially owing to illness or holiday.
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off work; off school
Used to indicate the location or direction of one thing relative to another, implying adjacency or accessibility via.
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His office is off this corridor on the right.
We're just off the main road.
その他の例文 (1)
Look! There's a UFO off our left wing!
Used to indicate the location or direction of one thing relative to another, implying adjacency or accessibility via. Used to express location at sea relative to land or mainland.
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The island is 23 miles off the cape.
Used to indicate the location or direction of one thing relative to another, implying adjacency or accessibility via. Used to indicate separation from a natural home or origin.
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He used to be gone a lot of the time, off working on an oil rig.
Removed or subtracted from.
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There's 20% off the list price.
No longer wanting or taking.
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He's been off his feed since Tuesday.
He's off his meds again.
Out of the possession of.
用法- 口語
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He didn't buy it off him. He stole it off him.
Placed after a number (of products or parts, as if a unit), in commerce or engineering.
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I'd like to re-order those printer cartridges, let's say 5-off.
Tantalum bar 6 off 3/8" Dia × 12" — Atom, Great Britain Atomic Energy Authority, 1972
その他の例文 (1)
samples submitted … 12 off Thermistors type 1K3A531 … — BSI test report for shock and vibration testing, 2000
Under the influence of.
用法- 俗語
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The guy was off a perc.
As a result of; resulting from the actions of.
用法- くだけた表現
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The team won off a late-game fumble by an opposing player.
The economy is rising off the strength of the tech sector.
その他の例文 (1)
Smith hit a home-run off the pitcher.
動詞
To kill.
用法- 俗語
- 他動詞
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その他の例文 (1)
Most sorely missed is the relationship between Eggsy and Colin Firth’s delightfully avuncular mentor figure Harry Hart, who was offed, seemingly definitively with a bullet to the brain towards its end.
To switch off.
用法- Nigeria
- Philippines
- Singapore
- 他動詞
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Can you off the light?
名詞
Beginning; starting point.
用法- 不可算
- usually
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He has been very obviously an untrustworthy narrator right from the off.
2023 Royal Ascot suit ... are you ready for the off?(title)
形容詞
not in operation or operational
- 反義語
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the oven is off
the lights are off
below a satisfactory level
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an off year for tennis
his performance was off
(of events) no longer planned or scheduled
- 同義語
- 反義語
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the wedding is definitely off
in an unpalatable state
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sour milk
not performing or scheduled for duties
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He's off every Tuesday
副詞
from a particular thing or place or position (‘forth’ is obsolete)
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ran away from the lion
wanted to get away from there
その他の例文 (5)
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
at a distance in space or time
- 同義語
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the boat was 5 miles off (or away)
the party is still 2 weeks off (or away)
その他の例文 (1)
away back in the 18th century
no longer on or in contact or attached
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clean off the dirt
he shaved off his mustache
動詞
kill intentionally and with premeditation
- 上位語
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The mafia boss ordered his enemies murdered