英和和英

名詞

sign off (複数形 sign offs)

1. (broadcasting) The closing of a radio or television station's studios and cessation of the broadcasting signal, usually overnight.

   Sign off for the small-town radio station was at midnight.

動詞

sign off (三人称単数 現在形 signs off, 現在分詞 signing off, 過去形および過去分詞形 signed off)

1. (idiomatic) To log off; to stop using a computer, radio, etc., especially to stop talking.

   He finished the conversation and signed off.

2. (broadcasting) To cease broadcasting a radio or television signal, usually at the end of a broadcasting day.

   Before he signed off the radio station for the night, the disc jockey played the National Anthem.

3. (followed by “on”) to give one's official approval to something for which it is needed

   Once the vice-president signs off on the project, we can start construction.

   • 2023 August 23, “Network News: Hold-up for Cliff Railway reopening”, in RAIL, number 990, page 14:

     The town council, which closed the funicular last December for health and safety reasons, has yet to sign off the completion of £72,000 worth of remedial works to a retaining wall.

反意語

• sign on

アナグラム

• goniffs, offings, sing-off

名詞

signoff (複数形 signoffs)

1. The act or process of signing off (approving with a signature).
2. The process of exiting a computer system; logoff.
   • 1980, University of Michigan Computing Center, Newsletter (volume 10, issues 1-21, page 5)

     Another problem stems from the fact that many different things can cause a user signoff. ln most cases, it is the issuance of the $SIGNOFF command, but there are other circumstances after which the system will force a user off […]

3. (bridge) A bid indicating that one's partner should pass.
   • 2009 September 26, Phillip Alder, “Jack Gets Bragging Rights in Computer Battle”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     Jack North then tried for game with two no-trump before respecting his partner’s signoff in three diamonds.