off season

1 DLTBUSY PLACEa period or season which is not as busy as other times of the year 蕭條期/淡季等

In the off season, there’s hardly anyone staying at the hotel.

淡季的時候，賓館裏幾乎沒什麽人住。

Examples from the Corpus

off period/season etc• Q: What do you do in the off season?• The remaining truffles are boiled for sterilization and canned for sale as truffles and as truffle juice during the off season.• She worked in the store's office during the off season while attending Indiana.• In 1967, he began spending the off season working as an assistant to one of California Gov.

→ off period/season etc at off2(2)

2 → off-season

off-season

ˈoff-seaˌson noun

the off-season BUSY PLACE

a) the time of year when not many people are taking holidays 〔一年中度假的〕淡季 SYN low season, → high season

in the off-season

Most hotels are closed in the off-season.

大多數賓館在淡季時都歇業。

b) American EnglishAmE the time of year when a sport is not usually played 〔體育比賽的〕淡季 SYN British English close season

Examples from the Corpus

in the off-season• Prices for its 311 rooms range from $ 259 in the off-season to $ 710 for suites with a view in season.• During the off-season, rates start at $75 per night for a cabin that sleeps two.• When I played pro ball, I'd volunteer and coach in the off-season.• It may reduce in hours and often the tasks to be done change, but it continues in the off-season.• Even in the off-season, McBride has little time to relax.• He will have to have surgery in the off-season to remove bone chips in his elbow.• This generates traffic in the off-season.

—off-season adjectiveadj , adverb

Take advantage of our special off-season fares.

别錯過我們的淡季特惠價格。

Examples from the Corpus

off-season• I hope Brian Billick is having a rotten off-season...• Prices for its 311 rooms range from $ 259 in the off-season to $ 710 for suites with a view in season.• It may reduce in hours and often the tasks to be done change, but it continues in the off-season.• This generates traffic in the off-season.• The priority for Gruden heading into the off-season was to try to keep together the core of his team.• Petersburg the final weeks of the off-season to be with his father.• And Strudwick intends to take full advantage by bringing in some tough Aussies during their off-season.

From Longman Business Dictionary

off seasonˌoff ˈseason [singular]COMMERCETRAVEL

the time of year when there is not as much business as usual, and when prices are usually lower, especially in the TOURIST industry

In the off season, you do not need to make a reservation.

→ season

off seasonˈoff-seaˌson nounChinese

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