词汇 | offing |
词根词缀 | 词源: in phrase in the offing, 1779, from nautical term offing "the more distant part of the sea as seen from the shore" (1627), from off (q.v.) + noun suffix -ing. Originally the phrase meant "in the distant future," modern sense of "impending" developed 1914. |
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