buzz offとは 意味・読み方・使い方

間投詞

buzz off

1. (idiomatic, colloquial, dismissal) go away.

   Don’t let anyone say, “Buzz off!”

同意語

• beat it!
• get lost!
• shove off!
• See also Thesaurus:go away

動詞

buzz off (三人称単数 現在形 buzzes off, 現在分詞 buzzing off, 過去形および過去分詞形 buzzed off)

1. To leave with a buzzing sound.

   The bee was flying around my head, but then it buzzed off.

2. (figuratively) To leave (especially busily), take off, go away.
   • 1960, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, “V, XIII, and XX”, in Jeeves in the Offing, London: Herbert Jenkins, OCLC 1227855:

     “Where's Daddy?” Phyllis asked. “He suddenly decided to go to London,” said Bobbie. “To London?” “That's what he said.” “Why?” “He didn't tell me.” “I must go and see him,” said Phyllis, and buzzed off. [...] “He's asking for his dinner, the sweet little angel. All right, darling, Mother's coming,” she fluted, and buzzed off on the errand of mercy. [...] “That's life,” she said, and buzzed off to keep her vigil, leaving me kicking myself because I'd forgotten to say anything about the quality of mercy not being strained.