scuff
名词 n.
动词 v.
英 /skʌf/
美 /skʌf/|/skɐf/
英文释义
名词 n.
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A mark left by scuffing or scraping.
— Someone left scuff marks in the sand.
- A scurf; a scale.
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The sound of a scuff or scrape.
— All you could hear was the rhythmic scuff of Mr. Stink’s battered brogues as he walked slowly along the road
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The back part of the neck; the scruff.
— One of the biggest and most redoubted of the Black Family was now in that seat of dignity, and, refusing surlily to yield it at Jasper's rude summons, was seized by the scuff of the neck, and literally hurled on the table in front.
- A slipper.
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A (sudden) shower of rain or mist.
— It was a dark, gloomy day, with black clouds driven by the wind, and scuffs of grey showers scudding among the hilltops. Presently lying couched amid the heather we saw the dragoons come marching loosely two and two,[…]
动词 v.
- To scrape the feet while walking.
- To scrape and roughen the surface of (shoes, etc.)
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To hit lightly, to brush against.
— The lawns and gardens had been scuffed away.
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To mishit (a shot on a ball) due to poor contact with the ball.
— The Montenegro captain was finding space at will and followed up with a speculative shot that he scuffed wide, after Wales were slow in closing down the Juventus striker.
词源
词源 1
From Scots scuff (“to touch lightly, graze, hit”), of obscure origin. Perhaps from Old Norse skúfa (“to shove, push aside”), from Proto-Germanic *skeubaną (“to shove”). Or, perhaps imitative. More at shove.
词源 2
See scuft
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