offhand

off·hand1 /ˌɒfˈhænd◂ $ ˌɒːf-/ adjectiveadj

1 DON'T CARE British EnglishBrE not very friendly towards someone when you are talking to them 〔说话〕漫不经心的，简慢的

She said you were a bit offhand with her this afternoon.

她说你今天下午对她有点敷衍。

an offhand tone of voice

简慢的语调

2 said or done without thinking or planning 随意的，未加考虑的

an offhand remark

脱口而出的话

—offhandedly adverbadv

—offhandedness noun [uncountableU]

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offhand• There is sometimes a stage in the tone 2 are where the patient begins to be offhand and flippant.• Bowie himself seems curiously offhand in his solos, but ready and voluble with the verbals.• I didn't like his offhand manner.• The offhand mention of the first marriage somehow stops Britell dead in his tracks.• Particularly when you consider some of his offhand remarks in the latest interview.• What did the inconvenience of an offhand reply really matter?• She greeted him with a pot of coffee and a brisk, slightly mocking, offhand smile.• The store manager was rather offhand with us at first.

offhand2 adverbadv

THINK ABOUTimmediately, without time to think about it or find out about something 立刻，当场

I can’t remember offhand where the file is.

我一时想不起这份文件放在哪里了。

Examples from the Corpus

offhand• I can't think offhand of anyone who'd be able to help you.

off·hand1 adjectiveadjoffhand2 adverbadv

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