odyssey

n.荷馬的敘事詩

n.長途飄泊

 

"Odyssey," from L. Odyssea, from Gk. Odysseia, name of the Homeric epic poem of ancient Greece, relating the 10-year wanderings of Odysseus (L. Ulysses), king of Ithaca, after the Trojan War.

 

Homer's Odyssey --The epic tale cut down to 15 seconds.

 

The Odyssey -Official Movie Trailer

 

 

 

 

 

offbeat

off-beat

adj.不平常的,非傳統的 [Not conforming to an ordinary type or pattern; unconventional]

ex. American shoppers are increasingly seeking out offbeat and unique shopping options like flea markets

美國費者越來越追求那種不拘常規、個性獨特的購物方式:如跳蚤市

 

在物理中beat是指兩個頻率相近的波的superposition


Michael Jackson's Beat It

 

 

 

 

 

offend

ob(against)-fend(strike)

v.冒犯 [to irritate, annoy, or anger; cause resentful displeasure in]

ex. Does it offend you..

ex. Onions offend my sense of smell.

v.犯過錯 [To offend against a law, rule, or principle means to break it.]

ps.

defend

de(away)-fend(strike)

v.防禦

 

 

 

offense

n.冒犯

n.犯法(行為)

ex. For what offense was he arrested?
他是犯了什麼罪被捕的?

 

One Lakers Triangle Offense Attack ..湖人的三角戰術

 

 

 

 

offhand

off-hand

adj.未經準備地 [Performed or expressed without preparation or forethought]

ps. 也可以當adv來用

ex. offhand remarks

ex. <> premediatated

 

字構:off離去 hand, offhand是指隨手就做的意思。

 

 

 

 

 

officious

office-ious

adj.多管閒事的..(中文有點難翻) [Marked by excessive eagerness in offering unwanted services or advice to others ]

ex. officious interference from the police

 

 

 

 

offish

off-ish

adj.不親熱的;冷漠的 [ Inclined to be distant and reserved; aloof.]

ex. She used to be aloof and stand-offish with us, but we are now friends.
她一向對我們疏遠冷淡,但現在我們成了很好的朋友了。

 

聯想:of f -fish 魚離開,池塘變得冷清

 

 

 

 

off-key

adj.走音的 [deviating from the correct tone or pitch; out of tune.]

 

這個字是在1943年後才開始有人用的唷

 

 

 

 

 

offset

v.補償;抵銷 [something that counterbalances, counteracts, or compensates for something else]

ex. The move is designed to help offset the shortfall in world oil supplies caused by the UN

這一舉動是被設計來幫助抵銷石油供給的不足

 

n.補償;抵銷

ex. In basketball, his speed and cleverness were an offset to his small size.

打籃球時,他的速度和機智彌補了他身材矮小的不足。

字構:act of setting off

ps. excel 中有offset函數

Excel Magic Trick #78: OFFSET function...我很喜歡這傢伙的講解唷

 

c.f

off set v.補償
on set n.開始 [set on 的顛倒]
out set n.開始、開端
back set n.倒退
be set n.鑲嵌

 

 

 

 

 

offspring

n.子孫,後代 [The progeny or descendants of a person, animal, or plant considered as a group.]

 

字構:指那些彈出來的(spring off),不過你也可以想成是春天來臨而彈出來的後代。

 

 

 

offstage

off(遠)-stage

adj/adv. [off the stage or in the wings; away from the view of the audience (opposed to onstage). ]

ex. She ran offstage in tears.

ex. There was a lot of noise offstage.

adj/adv.私生活裡 [in one's private life rather than on the stage]