offing

名词 offing:

1. the near or foreseeable future
2. the part of the sea that can be seen from the shore and is beyond the anchoring area

动词 off:

1. kill intentionally and with premeditation
   同义词：murder, slay, hit, dispatch, bump off, off, polish off, remove

1. They paid me the princely sum of USD5000.
   他们慷慨地给我5000美元。
2. The writer gets a 10% royalty on each copy sold of his book.
   作者从每本卖出的书中可得10%的版税。
3. The woman said that she could not sleep without her husband's snore after 20 years of marriage.
   那位妇人说结婚20年来，听不到她丈夫的呼噜声，她就睡不着觉。
4. The smell of cooking tells them there is a meal in the offing.
   他们闻到做菜的味儿，知道眼看要吃饭了。
5. The mean of 7,9 and 14 is 10.
   7、9和14 的平均数是10。
6. Look at those black clouds. I think there is rain in the offing.
   看那些乌云，我想天马上就要下雨了。
7. I felt comfortable sailing on the smoothness of the sea.
   在平静的海面上航行我感到很舒服。

off.ing

n.（名词）
Nautical The part of the sea visible from shore that is very distant or beyond anchoring ground.
【航海】 可见海面：从海岸可看见的或离锚地很远的可以看到的海洋部分

<习惯用语>in the offing
In the near or immediate future; soon to come:
不久：在很快或不久的将来；马上就来临的：
例句：
with exams finished and graduation in the offing.
考试完了，毕业在即

Nearby; at hand.
近的：附近的；在手的