Offing
n. 海面, 离岸距离
✅ 同义词
📖 牛津释义
offing
n
(idm 习语) in the offing (infml 口) likely to appear or happen soon; not far away 即将来临; 将发生; 不远
The smell of cooking told them there was a meal in the offing. 他们闻到做菜的味儿, 知道眼看要吃饭了.
🗣️ 情景例句
My dad's letting me borrow the car.
我爸爸借我用汽车。
What's bred in the bone will come out in the flesh.
生就的本性，总会暴露的。
There was a murder in London yesterday.
昨天伦敦发生了一起谋杀案。