furfur

名词 n.
/ˈfɜːfə/    /ˈfɝfɚ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. a particle of dandruff archaic,countable,usually
  2. dandruff archaic,uncountable,usually
    — ‘Aye,’ said WS, still in bed, scratching his baldness, examining the furfur in his fingernails.

词形变化

furfures plural

词源

From Latin furfur (“bran”), reduplication of *fur, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰur-, metathesis of *gʰrus- (compare Lithuanian grū́sti (“to grind (barley)”), Ancient Greek χρώς (khrṓs, “skin, husk”)).
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