offing

n (idm 习语) in the offing (infml 口) likely to appear or happen soon; not far away 即将来临; 将发生; 不远: 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.

offer sth., offer to do sth., offering, offertory, offhand, offhanded, office, office boy (fem 阴性作 `office girl), office holder (also `office bearer), office hours, office-block, officer, official, officialdom, officialese, officially, officiate, officious, officiously, officiousness, offish, offline, offprint, offset, offshoot, offshore, offside, offspring, oft, oft-times, often, ogle, ogre, ogrish, oh, Ohio, ohm, OHMS, oho, oil,