rope something ↔ off phrasal verbphr v AROUND/ROUNDto surround an area with ropes, especially in order to separate it from another area 用绳把〔某一区域〕围起来,用绳分隔 The stairs were roped off. 楼梯用绳子拦了起来。
rope off• After a pause to coil up the heavy ropes we set off for Gimmer.• Two long thick braids like ropes swung off her head to the bottom of her back.• Most of the building is closed off, under repair, with ropes cordoning off huge sections.• A protesting crowd of sixty thousand assembled; hundreds were handcuffed or their arms fastened with ropes and led off to jail.
→ rope something ↔ off at rope2(2)