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• off-side

語源

From off- +‎ side. Compare German Abseite (“remote area, backside”), German abseits (“out of the way, apart, aside”, adverb), Dutch afzijdig (“neutral, impartial”).

発音

• IPA: /ɒfˈsaɪd/
• 韻: -aɪd

形容詞

offside (comparative more offside, superlative most offside)

1. (sports) In an illegal position ahead of the ball, puck, etc.
2. (by extension, slang) Out of bounds.
   • 2016 March 4, “3 Wheel-Ups” (track 4), in Made in the Manor‎, performed by Kano (British musician),Giggs (rapper),Wiley (musician):

     [Verse 2:Kano]:On-sight, thought he was onside, innit. Saw them guys, no shots fired innit. If you ain't real then don't ride, innit. That postcode, that's offside, innit.

3. (US) To the side of the road, past the curb and sidewalk.

   an offside diner

4. (bridge) Unfavourably located, from the point of view of the player taking a finesse.
5. To the side of a boat, opposite the primary side on which one paddles.

使用する際の注意点

• Precise usage varies between sports; offside is used more in association football, while offsides is used by some in American football.

名詞

offside (plural offsides)

1. (sports) An offside play.
2. (British, Australia) The side of a road vehicle furthest from the kerb: the right side if one drives on the left of the road.

   My offside wing mirror got snapped off.

   • 1891, Thomas Hardy, Tess of the d'Urbervilles, volume 1, London: James R. Osgood, McIlvaine and Co., page 50:

     They put a stock of candle-ends into the lantern, hung the latter to the off-side of the load, and directed the horse onward, walking at his shoulder at first during the uphill parts of the way, in order not to overload an animal of so little vigour.

3. The right-hand side of a working animal such as a horse or bullock, especially when in harness.
4. (British) The side of a canal opposite the towpath.

反意語

• (antonym(s) of “road vehicle”): nearside

派生語

派生した語

• → Czech: ofsajd
• → Macedonian: офсајд (ofsajd)
• → Serbo-Croatian: ȍfsājd, о̏фса̄јд

参考

• off side
• off-side rule
• offside trap

アナグラム

• die-offs, dieoffs, dies off

名詞

off side (countable and uncountable, plural off sides)

1. (cricket) The side of the pitch away from the batsman's legs as he takes his stance at the wicket; the right side for a right-handed batsman.

   Antonym: leg side

2. (equestrianism) The right-hand side of a horse.

   Antonym: near side

参考

アナグラム

• die-offs, dieoffs, dies off