Offing
n. 海面, 离岸距离
✅ 同义词
📖 牛津释义
offing
n
(idm 习语) in the offing (infml 口) likely to appear or happen soon; not far away 即将来临; 将发生; 不远
The smell of cooking told them there was a meal in the offing. 他们闻到做菜的味儿, 知道眼看要吃饭了.
🗣️ 情景例句
Well, they didn't say anything for sure.
嗯， 他们没有任何确切的答覆。
The boss is waiting in his office for us to come and explain why we failed to finish this work on time.
老板在他的办公室里等着我们前去说明未能按期完成这个工作的理由。
A colony of bees had turned the engine into a hive and it was totally preserved in beeswax!
一群蜜蜂把发动机当作了蜂房，发动机在蜂蜡中被完整地保存了下来。