take-off
English Vietnamese dictionary
take-off /'teikɔ:f/
- danh từ
- sự nhại
- bức vẽ giỡn; tranh biếm hoạ
- (thể dục,thể thao) đà giậm nhảy; chỗ giậm nhảy; sự lấy đà để nhảy
- (hàng không) sự cất cánh
Advanced English dictionary
+ noun
1 [U, C] the moment at which an aircraft leaves the ground and starts to fly: The plane is ready for take-off. + take-off speed + Owing to the fog, there were no take-offs from the airport yesterday. + (figurative) The local economy is poised for take-off.
Antonym: LANDING
2 [C, U] the moment when your feet leave the ground when you jump
3 [C] if you do a take-off of sb, you copy the way they speak or behave, in a humorous way to entertain people
Thesaurus dictionary
n.
1 flight, flying, taking off, departure, leaving, going; launch, lift-off:
The take-off was delayed by bad weather.
2 satire, lampoon, caricature, mockery, parody, travesty, burlesque, imitation, Colloq spoof, Brit send-up:
The annual students' entertainment was as usual a take-off of the teachers.
