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Перевод: doff
[глагол] снимать; сбрасывать
Тезаурус:
- When the Yakuts, a Siberian people, meet a bear, they doff their caps, greet him, call him master, old man or grandfather, and promise not to attack him or even speak ill of him.
- Anti-clockwise from above: at home with a Lo Lifer - respect to Ice Cube and Polo's teddy bear logo; Superia's album charts his penchant for Lauren gear; straight outta the Ivy League - Brooklyners Anthony, Danny and Superia doff the godfather of prep; graffiti on the projects
- Although he has undoubtedly filled the post with such distinction that the staff lout low and doff their caps whenever he appears, he is not perfect.
- But Carrick has now gained an age where young lads metaphorically doff their caps and older spectators offer grudging respect.
- For example, if I normally doff my cap only to my superiors, but on an occasion doff my cap to an equal, then I can effectively communicate an ironic regard, with either a joking or a hostile intent (the non-linguistic example is intended to draw attention to the great generality of the phenomenon; for a study of a particular linguistic practice and the jokes thus made available, see the study of the openings of telephone calls by Schegloff (1979a)).
- The Doctor found a second to doff his hat.
- I shall doff my slippered pantaloon, if that's what one doffs.
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