off — Английский словарь

Наречие

1. In a direction away from the speaker or other reference point.

   Употребление

   • not-comparable

   Примеры

   He drove off in a cloud of smoke.

   Другие примеры (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.

2. Into a state of non-operation or non-existence.

   Употребление

   • not-comparable

   Примеры

   Please switch off the light when you leave.

   The dinosaurs died off long ago.

3. So as to remove or separate, or be removed or separated.

   Употребление

   • not-comparable

   Примеры

   He bit off the end of the carrot.

   Some branches were sawn off.

   Другие примеры (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.

4. Specifying the number of some item in bills, parts lists, etc.

   Употребление

   • not-comparable

   Примеры

   3 off 20 amp fuses

5. Offstage.

   Употребление

   • not-comparable

   Примеры

   noises off

6. 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.

   Употребление

   • not-comparable

Прилагательное

1. Inoperative, disabled.

   Употребление

   • predicative

   Антонимы

   on

   Примеры

   All the lights are off.

2. Cancelled; not happening.

   Употребление

   • predicative

   Примеры

   The party's off because the hostess is sick.

3. Not fitted; not being worn.

   Примеры

   Your feet will feel better once those tight boots are off.

   The drink spilled out of the bottle because the top was off.

4. Denoting something faulty, unsatisfactory, objectionable etc. Not correct; not properly formed; not logical, harmonious, etc.

   Примеры

   This calculation is off: the numbers don't add up.

   Is it right to say 'the amount of cars'? It sounds off to me.

   Другие примеры (1)

   The guitar isn't tuned properly. The bottom E is off.

5. Denoting something faulty, unsatisfactory, objectionable etc. Inappropriate; untoward.

   Употребление

   • predicative

   Примеры

   I felt that his comments were a bit off.

6. Denoting something faulty, unsatisfactory, objectionable etc. Less than normal, in temperament or in result.

   Примеры

   sales are off this quarter

7. Denoting something faulty, unsatisfactory, objectionable etc. Designating a time when one is not performing to the best of one's abilities.

   Употребление

   • in phrases such as 'off day'

8. Denoting something faulty, unsatisfactory, objectionable etc. Rancid, rotten, gone bad.

   Употребление

   • британское употребление

   Антонимы

   fresh

   Примеры

   This milk is off!

9. Denoting something faulty, unsatisfactory, objectionable etc. Disgusting, repulsive, abhorrent.

   Употребление

   • Australia
   • broadly
   • сленг

10. Circumstanced.

    Употребление

    • usually
    • in phrases such as 'well off'

    Примеры

    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?

    Другие примеры (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

11. Started on the way.

    Примеры

    off to see the wizard

    And they're off! Whatsmyname takes an early lead, with Remember The Mane behind by a nose.

    Другие примеры (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.

12. Far; off to the side.

    Примеры

    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

    Другие примеры (1)

    He came in, took a look and squinched down into a chair in an off corner and didn’t open his mouth.

13. Temporarily not attending a usual place, such as work or school, especially owing to illness or holiday.

    Примеры

    John's off today. He's back on Wednesday.

14. 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.

    Примеры

    He took an off day for fishing. an off year in politics; the off season

15. Presently unavailable. (of a dish on a menu)

    Употребление

    • predicative

    Примеры

    I'll have the chicken please. — Sorry, chicken's off today.

16. On the side furthest from the kerb (the right-hand side if one drives on the left).

    Употребление

    • британское употребление
    • in relation to a vehicle

    Антонимы

    nearnigh

    Примеры

    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.

17. In, or towards the half of the field away from the batsman's legs; the right side for a right-handed batsman.

    Антонимы

    onleg

18. Offsuit.

    Употребление

    • сленг

Предлог

1. Not positioned upon; away from a position upon.

   Примеры

   He's off the roof now.

   I took it off the table.

   Другие примеры (1)

   Keep off the grass.

2. Detached, separated, excluded or disconnected from; away from a position of attachment or connection to.

   Примеры

   The phone is off the hook

   The coat fell off the peg.

   Другие примеры (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.

3. Outside the area or region of.

   Примеры

   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.

4. Temporarily not attending (a usual place), especially owing to illness or holiday.

   Примеры

   off work; off school

5. Used to indicate the location or direction of one thing relative to another, implying adjacency or accessibility via.

   Примеры

   His office is off this corridor on the right.

   We're just off the main road.

   Другие примеры (1)

   Look! There's a UFO off our left wing!

6. 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.

   Примеры

   The island is 23 miles off the cape.

7. 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.

   Примеры

   He used to be gone a lot of the time, off working on an oil rig.

8. Removed or subtracted from.

   Примеры

   There's 20% off the list price.

9. No longer wanting or taking.

   Примеры

   He's been off his feed since Tuesday.

   He's off his meds again.

10. Out of the possession of.

    Употребление

    • разговорное

    Примеры

    He didn't buy it off him. He stole it off him.

11. Placed after a number (of products or parts, as if a unit), in commerce or engineering.

    Примеры

    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

    Другие примеры (1)

    samples submitted … 12 off Thermistors type 1K3A531 … — BSI test report for shock and vibration testing, 2000

12. Under the influence of.

    Употребление

    • сленг

    Примеры

    The guy was off a perc.

13. As a result of; resulting from the actions of.

    Употребление

    • неофициальное

    Примеры

    The team won off a late-game fumble by an opposing player.

    The economy is rising off the strength of the tech sector.

    Другие примеры (1)

    Smith hit a home-run off the pitcher.

Глагол

1. To kill.

   Употребление

   • сленг
   • переходный глагол

   Примеры

   Другие примеры (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.

2. To switch off.

   Употребление

   • Nigeria
   • Philippines
   • Singapore
   • переходный глагол

   Примеры

   Can you off the light?

Существительное

1. Beginning; starting point.

   Употребление

   • неисчисляемое
   • usually

   Примеры

   He has been very obviously an untrustworthy narrator right from the off.

   2023 Royal Ascot suit ... are you ready for the off?(title)

Прилагательное

1. not in operation or operational

   Антонимы

   on

   Примеры

   the oven is off

   the lights are off

2. below a satisfactory level

   Примеры

   an off year for tennis

   his performance was off

3. (of events) no longer planned or scheduled

   Синонимы

   cancelled

   Антонимы

   on

   Примеры

   the wedding is definitely off

4. in an unpalatable state

   Синонимы

   sourturned

   Примеры

   sour milk

5. not performing or scheduled for duties

   Примеры

   He's off every Tuesday

Наречие

1. from a particular thing or place or position (‘forth’ is obsolete)

   Синонимы

   awayforth

   Примеры

   ran away from the lion

   wanted to get away from there

   Другие примеры (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

2. at a distance in space or time

   Синонимы

   away

   Примеры

   the boat was 5 miles off (or away)

   the party is still 2 weeks off (or away)

   Другие примеры (1)

   away back in the 18th century

3. no longer on or in contact or attached

   Примеры

   clean off the dirt

   he shaved off his mustache

Глагол

1. kill intentionally and with premeditation

   Синонимы

   murderslayhitdispatchbump offpolish offremove

   Более общие понятия

   kill

   Примеры

   The mafia boss ordered his enemies murdered