形容词不平常的，走开的; 不合调
1. 不平常的：off-island 外岛 | off-key 不平常的 | off-licence 卖酒执照
2. 不正常的：off-iron 等外生铁 | off-key 不正常的 | off-limitfile 隔离文件
3. (唱歌)跑调：query n. 询问 | off-key(唱歌)跑调 | off-track 唱错曲子
1. Even if everyone is harmonizing off-key, there will be tremendous pressure to retain the status-quo.
当需要协调时，要保留原有的状态需要面临巨大的压力。
2. We joined and everyone was very enthousiastic (and we sung very, very off-key!).
我们每个人都唱了而且都很尽兴。
3. Not that far off-key, but off enough to let you know it`s human.
走音并不厉害，但可以分辨出是真实的人声。
4. She always sings off-key....
她在拖你后腿。
5. When John told jokes at the funeral, every one thought his action was off-key.
约翰在葬礼上讲笑话，大家都觉得他的行为出了格儿。
6. Hummers, though, can be bot off-key and off-track.
哼调调的人，尽管可能走掉或者是唱错曲子。
7. For much of the globe this involves sipping bubbly with friends until the sun comes up, seeing out the old year with bonfires and flares and off-key renditions of Auld Lang Syne.
对于世界上许多人而言，庆祝新年就是和朋友一起彻夜不眠，喝着香槟酒，在篝火前哼着跑调的《友谊天长地久》，欣赏着辞旧迎新的烟花，直到新年的太阳升起。
8. No, no, no. This won't do. Someone is off-key.
不，不，不，这怎么行，有人唱走调了。
9. Sheila was singing loudly in an off-key soprano.
希拉正用走调的女高音在大声唱着。
10. Fig 比喻 Some of his remarks were rather off-key, ie not fitting or suitable.
他的话有些是走了板儿了。
11. When George told jokes at the funeral, every one thought his action was off-key.
乔治在追悼会上说笑话，大家都认为他太不识大体了。
12. We sang carols in loud, off-key voices, saved only by that amazing soprano.
我们大家用走了调的嗓子高声唱着圣诞颂歌，除了那动人心魄的女高音。
13. She spent hours playing her old, off-key piano.
她许多时候都在弹她那架又旧变调的钢琴。
14. Some of his remarks were very off-key.
他有些话说得很不得体。
15. There is also good news for those forced to listen: the technology will be able to make off-key warbling sound in-tune.
这对于那些被动听这些业余歌手唱歌的人来说无异于是一种福音，因为该技术能够让经常跑调的人找到调子。
16. When there is harmonization (even if everyone is harmonizing off-key), there will be tremendous pressure to retain the status-quo.
当需要协调时，要保留原有的状态需要面临巨大的压力。
17. We sang carols in loud, off-key voices, saved only by that amazing soprano
我们大家用走了调的嗓子高声唱着圣诞颂歌，除了那动人心魄的女高音。
1. （音乐）走调的，不和谐的，不协调的
When music is off-key, it is not in tune.
e.g. ...wailing, off-key vocals and strangled guitars...
悲戚走调的歌声与哽咽的吉他声
e.g. No, no, no. This won't do. Someone is off-key.
不，不，不，这怎么行，有人唱走调了。