offhand

B2 大学 FREQ #32200

a. 即时的, 即席的, 无准备的, 随便的, 简慢的, 不友好的 adv. 即时地, 即席地, 随便地

发音

US /ˌɔfˈhænd/

词形变化

more offhand 比较级 most offhand 最高级

别名

off-hand

教材释义与例句

形容词

随便的；即时的；无准备的；即席的

副词

随便地；即席地；即时地

释义与例句

adj.
  1. 1.

    Without planning or thinking ahead.

    She gave an offhand speech.

  2. 2.

    Careless; without sufficient thought or consideration.

    He doesn't realise how hurtful his offhand remarks can be.

  3. 3.

    Curt, abrupt, unfriendly.

    She was quite offhand with me yesterday.

adv. B2
  1. 1.

    Right away, immediately, without thinking about it.

    Offhand, I'd guess that that's a yellow-bellied sapsucker.

  2. 2.

    In an abrupt or unfriendly manner.

词汇关系

形容词

同义词 8

impromptu ad lib offhanded extemporaneous extemporary extempore off-the-cuff unrehearsed

近义相关 2

careless unprepared
副词

同义词 2

offhandedly extempore

词源

From Middle English *ofhande, *ofhende, from Old English ofhende (“absent, lost”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *abahandijaz. Equivalent to (and re-formed as) off- + hand. Cognate with Icelandic afhendur. Compare onhand.

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