doff
verb/dɒf/
/dɔːf/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they doff | /dɒf/ /dɔːf/ |
| he / she / it doffs | /dɒfs/ /dɔːfs/ |
| past simple doffed | /dɒft/ /dɔːft/ |
| past participle doffed | /dɒft/ /dɔːft/ |
| -ing form doffing | /ˈdɒfɪŋ/ /ˈdɔːfɪŋ/ |
- doff something to take off a piece of clothing; to take off your hat, especially to show respect for somebody/something
脱（帽）致意 - He doffed his hat to her as she passed in her carriage.
当她乘坐马车经过时，他向她脱帽致意。 - (figurative) I'd like to doff my hat to modern science.
我想向现代科学脱帽致敬。
Oxford Collocations DictionaryDoff is used with these nouns as the object:- cap
- hat
Word Originlate Middle English: contraction of do off. Compare with don ‘to put on’. - He doffed his hat to her as she passed in her carriage.