词为我用 - offish

​词汇释义

offish, /ˈɔːfɪʃ/ TEM8    GRE

adj, informal, aloof or distant in manner; not friendly (非正式)冷淡的,疏远的,不友好的

外刊例句

1. But the honesty and lack of cynicism remain, as indeed do the goofy linguistic quirks ("offish definish" for "official definition") that amusingly telegraph her misfiring bid to be cool.(The Guardian)

2. They were being offish because the cheques had 'Tony Grant' on them and the name on my account is AB Grant.(The Guardian - Money)

3. A certain rawness was projected throughout the book, it didn't seem stand offish, it didn't seem showy at all and that was what I loved.(The Guardian)

4. QUESTION FROM ROBERTO: Lauren, nothing of a nose-in-the air here in Italy, it is just insipido, a common word albeit somewhat archaic…it maybe that the others could sound a bit offish LAUREN COLLINS: Grazie, Roberto.(The New Yorker)

词汇搭配

decidedly, so, kind of + offish

近义词

unfriendly, aloof, distant, chilly, frosty, hostile, unresponsive, unapproachable, uncommunicative, standoffish

反义词

friendly

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