offholdとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From Middle English ofholden, from 古期英語 ofhealdan (“to withhold, retain”), equivalent to off- +‎ hold. Cognate with Dutch afhouden (“to detain, deter”), German abhalten (“to discourage, prevent, deter”).

動詞

offhold (三人称単数 現在形 offholds, 現在分詞 offholding, 過去形 offheld, 過去分詞 offheld または offholden)

1. (transitive, archaic) To retain.
2. (intransitive) To hold off; prevent; refrain; avoid; shun.
   • 1950, Washington Institute of Medicine, General practice clinics:

     A scleral rim should be maintained in contact lenses to off-hold and balance the corneal portion from the cornea, preventing exertion of any pressure.

   • 1968, Titus Maccius Plautus, Paul Nixon, Plautus:

     No, Love, you must be shunned by every means, offheld and offstood afar, for the man that has fallen headlong into love comes o greater grief than if he cast himself off a cliff.

   • 2009, A.J.J. Mekking, Eric Roose, The global built environment as a representation of realities:

     The mighty foundation of massive natural stone, in the Mediterranean realm, in India as well as in Middle- and South America, almost always represents the world of the toiling earthlings who have to off-hold the demons of depth as well as to support their god-miming oppressors.

アナグラム

• hold off, holdoff