stand off

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To stand some distance apart from something or someone.
    — He stood off from the fire, for fear of getting scorched.
  2. To prevent any would-be attacker from coming close by adopting an offensive posture. US
    — We took hold of anything that might serve as a weapon to stand off the menacing group of young men.
  3. To move away from shore. dated
    — Here were ſome marks of the ſavages along the ſhore ; for the ſhip ſtood off and on a good way down ; but no drift-wood, beaſts or fiſh were found, nor any thing uſeful except a few fowls, one of which they shot.

词形变化

stands off present,singular,third-person standing off participle,present stood off participle,past stood off past
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