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off-speed

/awf-speed, of-/US // ˈɔfˈspid, ˈɒf- //

非高速,偏速,非速度,非速度型

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : slower than usual or expected, as a baseball pitch.

Examples

  • Term limits could be a prescription to speed change along.

  • 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.

  • He felt his body grow limp (like one of those high-speed films of a flower wilting).

  • The jet engine instantly brought two advances over propellers: it doubled the speed and it was far more reliable.

  • Really, he had made astonishing speed for one who had tunnelled his way underp.

  • A long stretch of smooth ice followed, over which he glided with ever-increasing speed.

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

  • Never again would he sit behind that wheel rejoicing in the insolence of speed.

  • In fact, his appearance was so formidable that Davy did not pause for a second look, but started off at the top of his speed.