muff

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /mʌf/    美 /mʌf/|/mɐf/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A piece of fur or cloth, usually with open ends, used for keeping the hands warm. historical
    — Selwyn, sitting up rumpled and cross-legged on the floor, after having boloed Drina to everybody's exquisite satisfaction, looked around at the sudden rustle of skirts to catch a glimpse of a vanishing figure—a glimmer of ruddy hair and the white curve of a youthful face, half-buried in a muff.
  2. A fool, a stupid or poor-spirited person. colloquial
    — Can you fancy that such an old creature (an old muff, as you call him, you wicked, satirical man!) could ever make en impression on my heart?
  3. A muffin. slang
    — Skinny lattes and a couple of blueberry muffs.
  4. The vulva or vagina; pubic hair around it. slang,vulgar
    — .
  5. An error, a mistake; a failure to hold a ball when once in the hands. slang
  6. A term of endearment. rare,slang
    — “They’re^([sic]) ARE thinking how sexy you look, Muff”. She heard it as plain as day. She turned, half expecting to see her Jim grinning at her. […] “Oh James!” Marsha smiled, […]
  7. A woman or girl. slang,vulgar
  8. A bird, the whitethroat.
  9. A blown cylinder of glass which is afterward flattened out to make a sheet.
  10. The feathers sticking out from both sides of the face under the beak of some birds.
  11. A short hollow cylinder surrounding an object such as a pipe.
动词 v.
  1. To drop or mishandle (the ball, a catch etc.); to play badly.
  2. To mishandle; to bungle.
    — But then, supposing this was the real sign? … They had muffed three already; they daren’t muff the fourth.

词形变化

muffs plural muffs plural muffs present,singular,third-person muffing participle,present muffed participle,past muffed past muffs plural

词汇关系

近义词
whiskers beard muff and beard:
衍生词
earmuff furry muff hairy muff marry-muff muff diver muff-diving muff pistol twiddle muff muff up

词源

词源 1
Probably from Dutch mof (“muff, mitten”).
词源 2
Unknown; perhaps a specialised use of Etymology 1, above; or perhaps related to Dutch muffen (“to dote”) and German muffen (“to sulk”).
词源 3
Clipping of muffin.
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