offing

['ɔ:fiŋ,'ɔfiŋ]

n.(较远而可见的)海面,不远的将来

例句与用法：

They paid me the princely sum of USD5000.

他们慷慨地给我5000美元。

The writer gets a 10% royalty on each copy sold of his book.

作者从每本卖出的书中可得10%的版税。

The woman said that she could not sleep without her husband's snore after 20 years of marriage.

那位妇人说结婚20年来，听不到她丈夫的呼噜声，她就睡不着觉。

The smell of cooking tells them there is a meal in the offing.

他们闻到做菜的味儿，知道眼看要吃饭了。

The mean of 7,9 and 14 is 10.

7、9和14 的平均数是10。

Look at those black clouds. I think there is rain in the offing.

看那些乌云，我想天马上就要下雨了。

I felt comfortable sailing on the smoothness of the sea.

在平静的海面上航行我感到很舒服。

词形变化：

副词: officiously | 名词: officiousness |

详细释义：

n.

较远而可见的海面