offset
英 ['ɒfset]
美[,ɔf'sɛt]
- n. 抵消，补偿；平版印刷；支管
- vt. 抵消；弥补；用平版印刷术印刷
- vi. 装支管
英英释意
- 1. the time at which something is supposed to begin;
- "they got an early start"
- "she knew from the get-go that he was the man for her"
- 2. a compensating equivalent
- 3. a horizontal branch from the base of plant that produces new plants from buds at its tips
- 4. a natural consequence of development
- 5. a plate makes an inked impression on a rubber-blanketed cylinder, which in turn transfers it to the paper
- 6. structure where a wall or building narrows abruptly