| 单词 |
off time |
| 释义 |
off time, off-time, n.
[off a. 4.]
A time when one is off duty or free from work; a holiday; a time when normal activity is reduced or suspended.
1866Dickens Mugby Junction in All Year Round Extra Christmas No. 10 Dec. 6/1 The answer to his inquiry, ‘Where's Lamps?’ was..that it was his off-time. 1894Mrs. H. Ward Marcella II. iii. iv. 323 In hospital..every hour was full, and there were always orders to follow. And the ‘off’ times were no trouble—I never did anything else but walk up and down the Embankment..or go to the National Gallery. 1902Westm. Gaz. 26 Aug. 8/1 The York Meeting..marks the close of the ‘off’ time, which has been experienced since the Goodwood gathering. 1936W. R. Titterton G. K. Chesterton ii. iii. 139, I used the stage there at off times to advertise the plays that we ran. 1940C. Day Lewis tr. Georgics of Virgil i. 24 Winter's an off-time for farmers. 1956‘J. Wyndham’ Seeds of Time 216 In his off times he occupied himself..in teaching Lellie. 1975BP Shield Internat. May 1/3 We are insisting on their having their homes within 70 miles of Aberdeen because, should there be an emergency, then they can be easily called in during their off-time to deal with it. |
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