off the cuff片语

即兴地、临场、未经准备地

She answered the reporters' questions off the cuff and did surprisingly well.

她即兴回答了记者的提问，表现得出乎意料地好。

随口、非正式地口语

Just off the cuff, I'd say the repairs will cost about two thousand dollars.

我随口估一下，修这个大概要两千块。

即兴的、未经准备的、脱稿的

His off-the-cuff remarks at the meeting upset several colleagues.

他在会上那些即兴的发言让好几位同事很不高兴。