take off
起飛,離開,移開,取消,脫掉,產生
Take off v. t.
1. To remove, as from the surface or outside; to remove from the top of anything; as, to take off a load; to take off one's hat, coat or other article of clothing; to take off a coat of paint from a surface.
2. To cut off; as, to take off the head, or a limb.
3. To destroy; as, to take off life.
4. To remove; to invalidate; as, to take off the force of an argument.
5. To withdraw; to call or draw away; as, the director took him off the project. --Locke.
6. To swallow; as, to take off a glass of wine.
7. To purchase; to take in trade. “The Spaniards having no commodities that we will take off.” --Locke.
8. To copy; to reproduce. “Take off all their models in wood.” --Addison.
9. To imitate; to mimic; to personate.
10. To find place for; to dispose of; as, more scholars than preferments can take off. [R.] --Bacon.
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take off
v 1: leave; "The family took off for Florida" [syn: depart, part,
start, start out, set forth, set off, set out]
2: take away or remove; "Take that weight off me!"
3: depart from the ground; "The plane took off two hours late"
[syn: lift off]
4: take time off from work; stop working temporarily [syn: take
time off]
5: mimic or imitate, especially in an amusing or satirical
manner; "This song takes off from a famous aria"
6: remove clothes; "take off your shirt--it's very hot in here"
7: get started or set in motion, used figuratively; "the
project took a long time to get off the ground" [syn: get
off the ground]
8: prove fatal; "The disease took off"
9: make a subtraction [syn: subtract, deduct] [ant: add]