offing 是什么意思

	n. (岸上能见的远处)海上，海面，洋面；〔比喻〕不远的将来。 gain [keep] an offing 驶出海面；航行在海面上。 in the offing 在海面；在附近；好像就要来似的。 take an offing 驶出海面；〔口语〕逃走。

	the part of the sea that can be seen from the shore and is beyond the anchoring area; "there was a ship in the offing"
	the near or foreseeable future; "there was a wedding in the offing"

	1.	Thus , cable science network , or csn , is in the offing 因此有线科学电视网（ csn ）即将诞生。
	2.	Form where we lay anchor , we could see the ships in the offing 从我们抛锚的地方可以看到近海的船。
	3.	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。
	4.	And other changes are in the offing 其他的改变也可以预期。
	5.	The smell of cooking told them there was a meal in the offing 他们闻到做菜的味儿,知道眼看要吃饭了
	6.	The smell of cooking told them there was a meal in the offing 他们闻到做菜的味儿,知道眼看要吃饭了
	7.	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。
	8.	Because the guy ' s art ' s weird and he wears dresses . so he ' s offing women 就因为那个人穿着古怪你就认为他变态
	9.	Word recently arrived from japan that such progress may soon be in the offing 最近从日本传出这种方法即将问世的消息。
	10.	Take an offing 驶向海面

offing是什么意思