| 单词 | offish |
| 例句 | With no other food coming into the city, the price offish was ten times what it had been before the war, and still rising. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z I let that down, baited, and I waited to see what sort offish I would catch. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z Everybody went fishing and everybody caught a lot offish. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z But the only man who takes an interest in him is an offish fellow named Fitzgerald. Roddy Doyle was determined to write a novel that shocked — and succeeded 2017-10-17T04:00:00Z Within a couple of weeks of me moving in we went out for a meal, and as we came back he was basically quite offish with me, and I just didn't understand. 'So under his control' - whirlwind romance turned to abuse - BBC News 2016-09-07T04:00:00Z As coupledom is only real if it’s Facebook offish, I decided to see what happens when I sent an “Ask” inquiry regarding my boyfriend’s empty relationship status: Facebook's New 'Ask' Button Gives You a Whole New Way to Badger Friends About Their Relationship Status 2014-05-19T04:00:00Z It might be a new sensation to kiss Susan, always so prim and offish. The Million Dollar Mystery Novelized from the Scenario of F. Lonergan 2012-03-15T02:00:21.153Z In a secluded portion of the wood is a large oblong pond, half-covered with dense reeds, and full offish and tortoises. The Curse of Koshiu A Chronicle of Old Japan 2012-02-14T03:00:23.467Z I'll go on to my offish by one o'clock, and you come any time from one to two.” Checkmate 2012-01-03T03:00:10.887Z I wanta go back to the offish and clean out that bunch of stiffs.” The Gray Phantom's Return 2011-09-22T02:00:27.150Z But she was very offish until she learned to what party I belonged, and then gave me a dipper full of sweet milk. The Little Red Foot 2011-09-09T02:01:04.147Z The lad is jealous of every one that looks at my lass, and speaks out of range because she is a bit offish with him. Norston's Rest 2011-08-24T02:00:23.833Z I have noticed that she is terribly offish with the girls, and they are half afraid to be pleasant with her.” Blue Robin, the Girl Pioneer 2011-07-28T02:00:09.363Z Yes, stiff and offish, but dreadfully polite, and in spite of it—the offishness, I mean—I liked you. Hope Benham A Story for Girls 2011-05-16T02:00:18.193Z An offish person always spoils the fun of a country party. Book of Etiquette Volume I 2011-04-28T02:00:13.993Z He had been curt, short, sarcastic, selfish, exacting, petulant, offish, arbitrary, tyrannical, suspicious, peremptory—all of which are contained in the one word MEAN!—and he was mean. Tom Clark and His Wife Their Double Dreams, And the Curious Things that Befell Them Therein; Being the Rosicrucian's Story 2011-02-25T03:01:12.293Z The offisher o' the deck was maist demented, and ran in to the captain—"We've lost sight of the boat, sir!" Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 16 They ca' him a captain!" said the boy, innocently; "but whether he's a sea captain, an offisher in the army, or a captain o' police, I'm no that sure. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 4 Of course it was this that was making her so reticent and offish about any reference to the other night—I mean it was this thing of being entangled with this other chap. The Haunted Pajamas You're a nice girl in the main, and I think it's a howling shame for you to make yourself so mighty offish and disagreeable to Hessie. Harper's Round Table, August 6, 1895 Besides, offish or not, just having Ranny in the same tent seemed, curiously, to bring him nearer, and Dale settled himself in the opposite bunk with an odd thrill of satisfaction. Under Boy Scout Colors “Oh! don’t be so offish!” cried the young man, more seriously. Frances of the Ranges The Old Ranchman's Treasure "It's a French offisher, sir, that has just been struck enow wi' a cannon-shot on the ramparts," replied the boy; "and, as I was passing at the time, he bade me rin for a priest." Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 4 Don’t be so offish―” “You have thanked me sufficiently, sir,” declared Polly. Wyn's Camping Days or, The Outing of the Go-Ahead Club Oh, she’d have walked into everything going all right, if she hadn’t been such a goose–muddled her work and been generally offish and horrid.” Betty Wales Freshman For at least an hour next morning Vedder was very dignified and offish. Under Boy Scout Colors Why, he’s in with the moonshiners about here hand and glove, and they’re powerful offish. The Boy from Hollow Hut A Story of the Kentucky Mountains It seemed offish, not to say unfriendly; time and again I tried the same tactics, with the same result. A Mountain Boyhood You know they call us Pineys back here in the barrens, but just the same we think a lot of ourselves and we're a little offish with city folks. The Vagrant Duke In the first place, I have noticed that they are stiff and offish in their manner when I speak to them. Baseball Joe Around the World Pitching on a Grand Tour But often it seems as if you didn't care for anybody, you are so high and mighty and offish; and O doth not an hour like this make amends—" "Drop that, Bob. A Pessimist In Theory and Practice Then in her offish way she asked if we were through with her lexicon. Beatrice Leigh at College A Story for Girls She could 107 not understand what the matter really was with him—why he acted in so offish a manner. Ruth Fielding on the St. Lawrence The Queer Old Man of the Thousand Islands Says she: 'Elinor, I wonder at your being so offish with Mr. Scott. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 108, October, 1866 “Well! if you didn’t act so offish we girls would like to be friends with you,” said Cora, tucking 119her arm into Nancy’s. A Little Miss Nobody Or, With the Girls of Pinewood Hall On arriving home, he found Annie sewing alone in the parlor, and a little offish in manner by way of indicating her sense of his offense in leaving her to spend the evening alone. Potts's Painless Cure 1898 That was the reason why she had seemed so offish and suspicious and indifferent and lawless and queer. Beatrice Leigh at College A Story for Girls The moment that it is, the public and all manner of powerful and important persons, who are suspicious or offish or unreasonable about collective bargaining now, are going to believe in it. The Ghost in the White House Some suggestions as to how a hundred million people (who are supposed in a vague, helpless way to haunt the white house) can mak Sometimes," said Rachel slowly, "folks feel offish themselves, and imagine everybody else does. Joyce's Investments A Story for Girls He was as kind as he could be this morning, and now he is offish. Five Hundred Dollars or, Jacob Marlowe's Secret Your Pa said he couldn't see why you was so offish. Dixie Hart Moreover, being an army girl, as he had learned, she should not be so offish with an officer. Ray's Daughter A Story of Manila Indeed, he was much gratified to find that the lady was not at all stiff and offish, as he had feared, but as "haffable as her huncle and more." Two Knapsacks A Novel of Canadian Summer Life Yet, you understand, Jack, I can't be too offish with them. The Submarine Boys' Trial Trip "Making Good" as Young Experts That offish attitude of the Washington Administration, to which reference has already been made, did not soften with the progress of events. The Life and Letters of Walter H. Page, Volume II Yesterday rather "offish" whole day; felt just as though "it wouldn't come." Woman's Endurance I forgot to ask it, he was so stiff and offish. The Cromptons Gradually there came to their ears the words, "conceited, offish, up-settin', pedlars, tramps, pious scum," with condemnatory and other adjectives prefixed, and then they knew that their characters and occupations were undergoing unfavourable review. Two Knapsacks A Novel of Canadian Summer Life And mine was offish ... of a different species.. wearing his trousers always neatly pressed ... and his neckties—he had them hanging in a neat, perfect row, never disarranged. Tramping on Life An Autobiographical Narrative That is, she was struck by Selma's offish manner and frigid silences, but forgot them until they were forced upon her attention the next time they met. Unleavened Bread "Don't be offish, Miss Jinny," said Helen, calling her by the title that the cowboys did. Ruth Fielding on Cliff Island Or, The Old Hunter's Treasure Box But there's no sense in being so offish that even his friends have to give him up. Gunsight Pass How Oil Came to the Cattle Country and Brought a New West You are the most offish girl I ever saw. The Chase of Saint-Castin and Other Stories of the French in the New World I myself never approved of college life for girls, it makes them so superior and offish when they return to society. People of the Whirlpool She was unwilling to disclose her secret, lest the knowledge of it might make Wilbur offish and so embarrass her efforts. Unleavened Bread It wasn't often that he could saa her, and when he did; she was mighty offish, and was sure to have the owld woman present, like a dumb-waiter, to be sure. The Lost Trail "And that's the very reason I don't want you mixed up with that mysterious, offish, stuck-up mess." Laddie; a true blue story If she chose to behave in that offish and unwifely fashion, she could blame no one but herself for its results. The Damnation of Theron Ware He would tolerate the presence of other members of the household, but when strangers appeared he was decidedly offish, and scolded until they disappeared. The Junior Classics — Volume 8 Animal and Nature Stories It's not the fault of the people on the estate, but there's a government somewhere around here, and they're getting offish, and it can't be helped. The Belted Seas He fancied the lawyer was "a bit offish," but he promised him the money that night, and with this promise Bill had to be content. The Hallam Succession She was generally very offish and reserved with strangers, but now a common misery made her have a fellow-feeling for the little oddity, and she responded graciously. Bessie Bradford's Prize She could not openly insult Miss Ferris, who had been kindness itself to her all the year, but she would be as cold and offish as she pleased. Betty Wales, Sophomore "Why, Sue was growing more and more offish." Taken Alive He was rather offish at first, but Mattson, at Police Head-quarters, had provided me with a special detective badge, and Mr Brown was led to believe that I was working up a case of graft. The Gates of Chance He said that his name was Richard Whittington, an' while he didn't talk overly extensive about himself, he wasn't nowise offish nor snarly. Happy Hawkins This offish attitude on the part of Mr. Haeckelheimer was indicative of a new trend. The Titan Yes, he done his part as well as his condition would let him, paralyzed by his feelin's — but she acted kinder offish, and I see that sonthin' wuz in the way. Samantha at Saratoga Never saw her more offish; but things looked squally about dinner- time. Taken Alive They never were tired when anything was to be done, or cross when it had been done, or under any circumstances peevish, or pouty or "offish." Gala-days "Well," he said, taking an offish, man-of-the-world tone, "all this fuss just because a woman believed in God." The Jimmyjohn Boss and Other Stories Husband nodded to me his familiar offish nod, which concealed his satisfaction at meeting with an old friend. Lin McLean He got eloquent on it, and I kinder held off, and talked offish, and let him convince me. Samantha at Saratoga "I guess I'll go to the graveyard, anyway," said the cow-puncher in his offish voice, and looking fixedly in front of him. Lin McLean |
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