put offとは意味・読み方・使い方

動詞

put off (三人称単数 現在形 puts off, 現在分詞 putting off, 過去形および過去分詞形 put off)

1. (transitive) To procrastinate.

   Don't put off your homework to the last minute.

   Don't put your homework off to the last minute.

   Don't put it off to the last minute.

   Don't put it off.

2. (transitive) To delay (a task, event, etc.).

   The storm put off the game by a week.

   The storm put the game off by a week.

   I'm too busy to see Mr Smith today. I'll have to put him off.

3. (transitive) To distract; to disturb the concentration of.

   Please be quiet. I'm trying to concentrate and you're putting me off.

4. (transitive) To cause to dislike; to discourage (from doing).

   Almost drowning put him off swimming.

5. (transitive) To emit; to give off (an odor, smoke, etc.).

   This type of firewood puts off a strong smell.

6. (transitive, archaic) To take off (something worn).

   to put off a mask

使用する際の注意点

• The object in all senses can come before or after the particle, except that personal pronouns nearly always precede the particle.

派生語

• off-putting
• put-off (noun)

形容詞

put off (comparative more put off, superlative most put off)

1. offended, repulsed

   The guest was quite put off by an odor.

2. daunted or fazed

   All but the most dedicated were put off by the huge task.

名詞

putoff (複数形 putoffs)

1. An excuse made to delay or stall.
   • 1886 May 1 – July 31, Robert Louis Stevenson, Kidnapped, being Memoirs of the Adventures of David Balfour in the Year 1751: […], London; Paris: Cassell & Company, Limited., published 1886, OCLC 1056292939:

     I think I would have asked farther, but Alan gave me the put-off. “I am rather wearied,” he said, “and I would like fine to get a sleep.”