英和和英

間投詞

buzz off

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

   The bouncer shouted “Buzz off!” and kicked me out of the establishment.

同意語

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

動詞

buzz off (third-person singular simple present buzzes off, present participle buzzing off, simple past and past participle buzzed off)

1. (intransitive) 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:

     “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.

3. (transitive) To interrupt and/or disqualify (someone) by means of a buzzer.

   He went to this talent show, but they buzzed him off after twenty seconds.