Offset
['ɒfset] or [,ɔf'sɛt]
解释:
(noun.) a plate makes an inked impression on a rubber-blanketed cylinder, which in turn transfers it to the paper.
(verb.) produce by offset printing; 'offset the conference proceedings'.
(verb.) create an offset in; 'offset a wall'.
(verb.) cause (printed matter) to transfer or smear onto another surface.
(verb.) compensate for or counterbalance; 'offset deposits and withdrawals'.
校对:威尔默--From WordNet
解释:
(n.) In general, that which is set off, from, before, or against, something
(n.) A short prostrate shoot, which takes root and produces a tuft of leaves, etc. See Illust. of Houseleek.
(n.) A sum, account, or value set off against another sum or account, as an equivalent; hence, anything which is given in exchange or retaliation; a set-off.
(n.) A spur from a range of hills or mountains.
(n.) A horizontal ledge on the face of a wall, formed by a diminution of its thickness, or by the weathering or upper surface of a part built out from it; -- called also set-off.
(n.) A short distance measured at right angles from a line actually run to some point in an irregular boundary, or to some object.
(n.) An abrupt bend in an object, as a rod, by which one part is turned aside out of line, but nearly parallel, with the rest; the part thus bent aside.
(n.) A more or less distinct transfer of a printed page or picture to the opposite page, when the pages are pressed together before the ink is dry or when it is poor.
(imp. & p. p.) of Offset
(v. t.) To set off; to place over against; to balance; as, to offset one account or charge against another.
(v. t.) To form an offset in, as in a wall, rod, pipe, etc.
(v. i.) To make an offset.
汉尼巴尔手打
同义词及近义词:
n. [1]. Sprout, shoot, slip, branch, offshoot, twig, scion.[2]. Counterpoise, counterbalance, set-off, equivalent.
手打:兰斯洛特
例句:
- To-day within the Socialist Party there is perhaps the greatest surviving example of the desire to offset natural leadership by artificial contrivance. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
- The flow of current will cause two equal opposing actions to be set up in the bar; one will exactly offset the other, and no magnetic effect will be produced. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
- These bud variations, as they may be named, can be propagated by grafts, offsets, etc. 查尔斯·达尔文. 物种起源.
- To-day within the Socialist Party there is perhaps the greatest surviving example of the desire to offset natural leadership by artificial contrivance. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
- The flow of current will cause two equal opposing actions to be set up in the bar; one will exactly offset the other, and no magnetic effect will be produced. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
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