spin off phrasal verbphr v BBCto make part of a company into a separate and partly independent company, or to become a separate company （使）从〔原来公司〕脱离出去spin something ↔ off At the time of the merger, Loral spun off its space divisions into a separate firm. 合并时，洛雷尔公司让它的太空部脱离出去组成一家独立的公司。
from Lucent spun off from AT&T several years ago. 几年前朗讯从美国电话电报公司分离出来。
→ spin-off(2)spin from• Axcelis entered the market July 11, spun off from Eaton Corp., a Cleveland manufacturing company.• JvNCNet spun off from Princeton University Network.
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