A real graceful lady, never shows off what she has, where she has been, or what jewellery she got. Because she has no sense of inferiority.

——Yi Shu

真正的气质美女，从不炫耀她所拥有的一切。她不告诉人她去过什么地方，买过什么珠宝，因为她没有自卑过。

——亦舒

一、你知道off的意思是什么吗？

adj.

1.关着的，停着的；停止流通的

Is the water on or off?

自来水龙头开着还是关着？

2.不再举行的，延期的；不再生效的；取消的

They accepted his judgment that they had better put off their departure.

他们接受了他所提出的启程宜延期的意见。

3.（人）不工作的，休息着的；（时间）空闲的

I can't take more than a day off work.

我的工作一天也不能落。

4.（商业季节等）萧条的，淡的

If the slump continues, more men will be stood off.

如果经济萧条持续下去，将有更多的人被解雇。

5.错误的

Your idea is completely off base.

你的想法完全是错误的。

adv.

1....掉，...下

Don' t polish those badges; the gilt will wear off if you do.

不要擦那些徽章，否则光泽会给磨掉。

2.（离）开，（走）开；（隔）开

When you've boiled the spinach, strain off the water through a colander.

菠菜煮开以后，用一滤器将水滤出。

3.向一边

The tree is so hard that the blow of the axe simply glance off.

那树硬得劈不动，简直把斧子震得滑向一边。

4.离，距；离海岸

Whatever it was had thrown her Dodge off course as she rounded a sharp curve.

就在她急转弯时，不知是什么东西使她的道驱车脱离了车道。

5.切断；停止，中止

My health compels me to knock off work.

我的健康情况迫使我停止工作。

n.

1.关掉（或断开、取消）状态[U]

Prompt value must be ON or OFF.

提示值必须为开(ON) 或关(off)

2.【板】右手击球员的左前方场地；左手击球员的右前方场地[U]

prep.

1.从...离开；从...向下

I saw you beetling off early at the party.

我见到你早早从宴会中离开。

2.离...，在...的外面

Why things don't fall off the earth is explained in the text.

为什么东西不掉离地球课文里已有说明。

3.偏离...，失去...

Rogers was first off the mark.

罗杰斯第一个偏离原定方针。

4.通向...；从...分岔

A branch of the ‘grand trunk’ led off southward to Denver, the capital of Colorado.

在这条平原干线上，有一条南路支线通向科罗拉多州的主要大城丹佛。

5.不再从事...，在...后休息

I'm off coffee at the moment.

我眼下不再嗜咖啡了。

v.

1.【美俚】杀死

2.【美俚】跟...性交

 

二、含有off的常见词组有哪些？

auction off  v.拍卖掉

back off  v.倒车;放弃立场

bear off  v. 1.赢得，驶离

beg off  v.请求免除

blow off  v. 1.吹掉，吹走2.炸掉3.放气

 

三、一起来做个填词游戏吧

I am     today 

我今天休息。

You should turn     the lights before you leave the classroom.

离开教室记得关灯。