[ひかえる, hikaeru] (v1) (1) to be temperate in; to restrain oneself from excessive ...; (2) to make notes; (3) to hold back; (4) to be in preparation for; to be in waiting for; (5) to be soon; to be in the offing; (6) to be in a close relationship (e.g. as a backer, etc.); (P) #17,095[Add to Longdo]
Result from Foreign Dictionaries (2 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Offing \Off"ing\ ([o^]f"[i^]ng; 115), n. [From {Off}.]
That part of the sea at a good distance from the shore, or
where there is deep water and no need of a pilot; also,
distance from the shore; as, the ship had ten miles offing;
we saw a ship in the offing.
[1913 Webster]
{in the offing}
(a) coming; arriving in the foreseeable future.
(b) visible but not nearby.
[PJC]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
offing
n 1: the near or foreseeable future; "there was a wedding in the
offing"
2: the part of the sea that can be seen from the shore and is
beyond the anchoring area; "there was a ship in the offing"
แสดงได้ทั้งความหมายของคำเดี่ยว และคำผสม ได้อย่างถูกต้อง
เช่น Secretary of State=รัฐมนตรีต่างประเทศของสหรัฐฯ (ในภาพตัวอย่าง),
High school=โรงเรียนมัธยมปลาย
