send-off

英 [ˈsend ɒf]

美 [ˈsend ɔːf]

n.  送行; 送别

牛津词典

noun

• 送行；送别
  an occasion when people come together to say goodbye to sb who is leaving

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 欢送会;送行;送别
  If a group of people give someone who is going away asend-off, they come together to say goodbye to them.
  1. All the people in the buildings came to give me a rousing send-off.
     大楼里所有的人都热情地来给我送行。

英英释义

noun

• an organized expression of goodwill at the start of a trip or new venture
  Synonym:bon voyage
• a start given to contestants
  1. I was there with my parents at the kickoff
  Synonym:kickoffstart-off

双语例句

• At a well-timed moment, the bride and groom pull on ribbon streamers to release the birds, a send-off into their new lives.
  在适合的时刻，新娘新郎扯下彩带，放飞鸽子，作为他们新生活的使者。
• Yes, my friend David is leaving tomorrow and I'd like to give him a proper send-off.
  啊，我的朋友大卫明天就要走了，所以我想为他举行一个送别宴。
• Most customers give Mensah more time than Rockson but all want to give their loved ones a fitting ( 13) send-off in a coffin that honors who they were and what they did.
  很多客人不像洛克森这样仓促，但同样把逝去的爱人们安放在能体现他们的身份或者成就的棺材中。
• Today we gather here to have a send-off meeting, as Mr Li, our good friend, is going to leave for his homeland tomorrow.
  今天我们聚集在这里开一个欢送会，因为我们的好朋友，李先生明天就要回国了。
• United's Reserves provided a fitting send-off for departing manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, hammering Newcastle United at Moss Lane.
  曼联预备队用主场大胜纽卡来为主帅索尔斯克亚送行。
• In the first place, I wish to say a word of thanks for holding this send-off party for me.
  首先，我想说句感谢的话，感谢各位为我办这个欢送会。
• He was given a good send-off. A pump in the boiler send hot water round the central heating system.
  他受到了热烈的欢送。热水器中的水泵将热水输送给集中供热设备。
• About two dozen athletes joined Bush in the Rose Garden and he gave them a rousing White House send-off to next month's Olympic Games in China.
  大约几十个运动员同布什一起来到玫瑰花园，对于下个月在中国举行的奥运会，布什总统给他们举行了令人振奋的白宫送行。
• Dance when you go to give her the send-off this night.
  当你今天夜里欢送她的时候，舞动。
• If he'd played in that match he would have got a great send-off and it all would have been fine.
  如果他踢了那场比赛一切都会没事，我们会为他送别。