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off-hour

/noun awf-ouuhr, -ou-er, -ouuhr, -ou-er, of-; adjective awf-ouuhr, -ou-er, of-/US // noun ˈɔfˈaʊər, -ˈaʊ ər, -ˌaʊər, -ˌaʊ ər, ˈɒf-; adjective ˈɔfˈaʊər, -ˈaʊ ər, ˈɒf- //

非工作时间,非工作时段,闲暇时间,不适时

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : an hour or other period when a person is not at a job: I spend my off-hours reading.
    • : a period outside of rush hours or greatest activity: I travel by subway during the off-hours.
adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : of, relating to, or during an off-hour: The off-hour traffic will be lighter.

Examples

  • So here I am in my requisite Lululemon pants, grunting along to an old hip-hop song at a most ungodly hour.

  • Although the blood-spattered offices will be off-limits, staff have vowed to continue producing the magazine.

  • A passing off-duty school safety officer named Fred Lucas said that he had been told the man was a drug dealer.

  • An hour later, he scored a second flight to Johannesburg for $380.

  • The NOPD fired Knight in 1973 for stealing lumber from a construction site as an off-duty cop.

  • The night wore on, and the clock downstairs was striking the hour of two when she suddenly awakened.

  • The sound of my step shall make your heart jump; a look from me shall make you dumb for an hour.

  • A far-off volley rumbled over the plain, and a few birds stirred uneasily among the trees.

  • Words are often everywhere as the minute-hands of the soul, more important than even the hour-hands of action.

  • After an hour, however, he reached this decision: He would not go to or call up Mrs. Merley.