take off
—phrasal verbwithtakeverbuk/teɪk/us/teɪk/took|taken
(FLY)
A2
If anaircraft,bird, orinsecttakesoff, itleavesthegroundandbeginstofly.
起飞；飞起
Theplanetook off at 8.30 a.m.飞机上午8点半起飞。
See also
take-off(AIRCRAFT)
- Theplanetook off threehourslate.
- When should weexpectto take off?
(SUCCEED)
B2
tosuddenlystartto besuccessfulorpopular
突然开始成功；开始走红
Hersingingcareerhad justbegunto take off.她的歌唱事业刚刚起飞。
- With all thatpublicity, thebusinessreally took off.
- Hiscareerreally took off after thatconcert.
(LEAVE)
informal
tosuddenlyleavesomewhere, usually withouttellinganyone that you are going
（常指不打招呼就）突然离开
When hesawme, he took off in the otherdirection.他一看见我就往另外一个方向躲开了。