- 脱下(衣帽、鞋子等)，脱掉；拿掉，取下；移去；拆下，拆掉：
He took off his coat and sat down.
他脱下大衣坐了下来。
to take off one's glasses
摘下眼镜
to take the brake off
松闸
- 领走；带走；带去(某物)；移送(某处)，如：[take oneself off] [口语]使(自己)离开某处；离开；走掉；滚：
She took the pupils off to the art exhibition.
她带学生们去看美术展览。
Take yourself off.
滚!
We took ourselves off in the direction of the park.
我们朝公园方向走去。
- 出发；匆匆离开：
The professor took off for Shanghai this morning.
教授今天上午动身去上海了。
Tom took off at the sight of trouble.
一看到要出麻烦汤姆就溜走了。
- 将…调离工作；休假，休息；[美国方言]缺勤，旷工，旷课：
Both students and teachers took Christmas off.
学生和老师圣诞节都休假。
He took two weeks off from work.
他歇工两星期。
- 截断；切除(四肢等)：
Finally,they had to take his right leg off.
最后，他们不得不截去他的右腿。
have an arm taken off
截去手臂
- 弄死，杀死，夺去…的生命：
Her father was taken off by an apoplexy.
她父亲死于中风。
- 从…去掉，扣除，减去，减(价)；减损：
Our shop is taking 20% off all dresses this week.
我们商店本星期所有的衣服八折出售。
Can you take 10 dollars off the price?
你能把价钱减去10美元吗?
- 中止，中断；停止(演出)，取消；(使火车、公共汽车等)停运：
Three evening buses were taken off this route last month.
上个月这条线路上的 3 个夜班公共汽车停运了。
The play was taken off after only 2 performances.
这出戏只演了两场就停演了。
- (鸟等)起跳；跳起来；(飞机等)起飞：
The plane took off from the airport and headed south towards Hong Kong.
飞机从机场起飞往南向香港飞去。
- 带上；把…移至另一条船；营救：
All the passengers were taken off the wrecked ship.
所有的乘客都被从遇难的船上救走。
- [口语]模仿；(开玩笑地或嘲弄地)学…的样子：
John took off his boss's mannerisms.
约翰模仿老板的习惯性动作。
- 复制(副本等)；抄写：
He asked his secretary to take off 80 copies.
他让秘书复制80份。
- 绘制；从接收机上记下：
He took off her head and shoulders in charcoal.
他用炭笔画她的半身像。
- 喝光：
He took off a pint of beer in one draught.
他一口气喝光了一品脱啤酒。
- 减轻(体重)：
She took off a few pounds in a month.
她在一个月内减轻了几磅。
- (价格等)暴涨：
Food costs took off.
食品价格暴涨。
- 估计(建筑材料等)的需要量；用计算机计算(数量等)；制订：
to take off a total
用计算机算总数
- [比喻]【商业】(经济状况等)开始明显好转；开始迅速发展(或增长、活动)；(经济)起飞；开始获利：
The product suddenly took off in September.
该产品在九月份突然热销起来。
- (潮汛、风、风暴等)减弱，减退
- [口语]开始；开始流行；突然受到广泛欢迎，突然被广泛使用；(想法、计划等)开始获得成功：
Their first major design took off in high schools and colleges.
他们的头一个重要的设计在大中学校流行开来。
After a slow start,the plan soon took off and was accepted by all.
计划开始进展很慢，但很快见成效了，而且被大家接受。
- 以…作为出发点；以…作为根据；由…产生(与from 连用)：
The decisive attack took off fromthe foremost position.
决定性进攻是从最前沿阵地开始的。
- 移开(目光、注意力等)：
The doctor managed to took the patient's mind off the symptom.
医生设法使病人不去想征状。
- 从主流(或树干)等分出；叉开：
The road taking off straight west is Highway 42.
一直朝西分出的那条路是42号公路。
- 可取下：
The teapot lid doesnt' take off easily.
茶壶盖不容易取下。
- [美国俚语、黑人用语]拦劫，抢劫：
They took off a bar.
他们抢劫了一个酒吧。
- [俚语]怒斥，训斥：
The boss took off on Jack.
老板训斥杰克。
- 吸毒
- (在爵士音乐中)作节奏快速的疯狂即兴演出
- (板球比赛时)调换(队员)