Offing
n. 海面, 离岸距离
✅ 同义词
📖 牛津释义
offing
n
(idm 习语) in the offing (infml 口) likely to appear or happen soon; not far away 即将来临; 将发生; 不远
The smell of cooking told them there was a meal in the offing. 他们闻到做菜的味儿, 知道眼看要吃饭了.
🗣️ 情景例句
They don't have room service at Old Country Inn. Old Country Inn
没有房间服务部。
Do not through fear of poverty surrender liberty.
不要因为怕贫困而舍去自由。
She always referred to them as 'the shifting population', for they came and went with such frequency that I never even got a chance to learn their names.
她称这些佣人叫“流动人口”，因为他们来匆匆，所以我甚至都没有机会知道他们的姓名。