offlay

词形变化

offlaid offlaying offlays 三单 offlays offlaying 现在分词 offlaid 过去式 offlaid 过去分词

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To offset.

    罕用 及物

    […] that you are going to control people's lives to the extent that they are able and willing to incur carbon cost which they will then have to offlay.

词源

From off- + lay. Possibly from Middle English oflæien (“to offlay; delay”), from Old English ofleċġan (“to lay down; put away; overlay; cover”), from Proto-Germanic *abalagjaną. Compare also Dutch afleggen, German ablegen.

来源:wiktionary