off-base
adv.
"unawares," 1936, American English, from off, adv. + base, n.; a figurative extension from baseball sense of "not in the right position" (1898), from notion of a baserunner being picked off while taking a lead.
| 词汇 | off-base |
| 词根词缀 | Online Etymology Dictionary off-base adv. "unawares," 1936, American English, from off, adv. + base, n.; a figurative extension from baseball sense of "not in the right position" (1898), from notion of a baserunner being picked off while taking a lead. |
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