- away from the place in question; to or at a distance离开; 在某地以外：
the man ran off
那个人跑掉了
she dashed off to her room
她一下子走开冲进了自己的房间
we must be off now.
我们现在得走了。
- away from the main route偏离主道：
turning off for Ripon.
离开主道, 前往里彭。
- so as to be removed or separated掉; 开：
he whipped off his coat
他迅速脱掉外衣
a section of the runway had been cordoned off.
跑道的一段已用警戒线隔开了。
- absent; away from work缺席; 不工作：
take a day off
休息一天
he is off on sick leave.
他请病假没来上班。
- starting a journey or race; leaving出发：
we're off on holiday tomorrow
我们明天出发度假
the gunmen made off on foot
那些持枪歹徒步行逃跑了
they're off!
他们出发了！
- so as to bring to an end or be discontinued结束; 停止：
the Christmas party rounded off a hugely successful year
圣诞晚会圆满结束了这非常成功的一年
she broke off her reading to look at her husband.
她停止阅读举目看她的丈夫。
- cancelled取消：
tell them the wedding's off.
告诉他们婚礼取消了。
- Brit. informal (of a menu item) temporarily unavailable〈英, 非正式〉（菜单上的菜）暂时没有：
strawberries are off.
草莓暂时没有。
- (of an electrical appliance or power supply) not functioning or so as to cease to function（电器, 供电）关闭, 断开：
switch the TV off
关闭电视机
the electricity was off for four days.
电断了四天。
- having access to or possession of material goods or wealth to the extent specified获得; 拥有：
we'd been rather badly off for books
我们很缺图书
how are you off for money?
你有多少钱？
- chiefly Brit. (with preceding numeral) denoting a quantity produced at one time〈主英〉［接在数词后］一次的产量。
- moving away and often down from从…离开; 向下：
he rolled off the bed
他从床上滚了下来
the coat slipped off his arms
大衣从他的手臂上脱了下来
trying to get us off the stage.
企图把我们赶下台。
- situated or leading in a direction away from (a main route or intersection)从（主道, 交叉点）偏离, 分岔：
single wires leading off the main lines
从主线向外分散的单线
in a little street off Whitehall.
在怀特霍尔不远处的一条小街上。
- out at sea from (a place on the coast)在（海岸以外的）海上：
anchoring off Blue Bay
在布鲁湾外抛锚
six miles off Dunkirk.
在离敦刻尔克六英里的海上。
- so as to be removed or separated from去掉; 分开：
threatening to tear it off its hinges
威胁要把它从铰链上拉下来
they are knocking $2,000 off the price
他们在把价钱降低2,000美元
figurative 〈喻〉it's a huge burden off my shoulders.
这大大减轻了我的负担。
- absent from不在：
I took a couple of days off work.
请了几天假不去上班。
- informal abstaining from〈非正式〉远离：
he managed to stay off alcohol.
他设法戒掉了酒。
- informal having a dislike (usually temporary) of〈非正式〉（一般是暂时）厌恶：
he's running a temperature and he's off his food.
他在发烧, 不想吃东西。
- attrib. characterized by someone performing or feeling worse than usual; unsatisfactory or inadequate临场发挥不佳的; 感觉比平时差的; 令人不满意的：
even the greatest athletes have off days.
即使是最好的运动员也有发挥失常的时候。
- predic.(of food) no longer fresh（食物）不新鲜的：
the fish was a bit off.
鱼有点不新鲜了。
- attrib. located on the side of a vehicle that is normally furthest from the kerb; offside在车辆离人行道边缘最远的一侧的; （某些体育比赛）越位的。比较NEAR （义项4）。
- predic. Brit. informal annoying or unfair〈英, 非正式〉令人不快的; 不公平的：
His boss deducted the money from his pay. That was a bit off.
他的老板从他工资里扣掉了那笔钱。这么做有点不公道。
- predic. Brit. informal unwell〈英, 非正式〉不舒服的：
I felt decidedly off.
我实在觉得不舒服。
- predic. Brit. informal unfriendly or hostile〈英, 非正式〉不友好的; 敌对的：
there's no one there except the barmaid, and she's a bit off.
那儿除了那个女招待一个人都没有, 而且她态度有点生硬。
- （亦作off side）Cricket the half of the field (as divided lengthways through the pitch) towards which the batsman's feet are pointed when standing to receive the ball【板球】击球手对面的半场（击球手站立接球时双足所对准的半场）。LEG的反义词。
- Brit. informal the start of a race; the beginning; the departure〈英, 非正式〉起跑; 开始; 出发：
now Ian is ready for the off.
现在伊恩准备好起跑了。
- S. African informal a day or part of a day when one does not have to work〈南非, 非正式〉休息日; 休息时间：
she only sees her children during her off on Sunday afternoons.
她只在周日下午休息的时候才去看看孩子们。
- no obj. leave离开：
supposedly loyal workers suddenly upped and offed to the new megafirms.
被认为忠诚的工人们突然离开, 去了新的大公司。
- with obj. N. Amer. kill; murder〈北美〉杀死; 谋杀：
she might off a cop, but she wouldn't shoot her boyfriend.
她也许会去杀死一名警察, 但不会开枪打死她的男朋友。
off and on
- intermittently; now and then间歇地; 偶尔。