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This small word carries several different meanings, so context matters a lot. As a noun, a 'buff' is someone who knows a lot about a topic and loves it as a hobby — a movie buff watches films constantly and knows all the details. As an adjective, 'buff' describes a pale yellowish-brown color, and separately, , it describes someone with a muscular, well-toned body from exercise — 'he got buff at the gym.' As a verb, to buff something means to polish it until it shines, like buffing a car or a pair of shoes. And the old phrase 'in the buff' means naked.
(某領域的)愛好者、迷;(形容詞)淡黃褐色;(口語)健壯結實的;(動詞)擦亮、拋光
原始詞典資料30 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
Buffname詞源 1
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A surname.
Buffnoun詞源 2
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governmentmilitarypoliticsA member of the Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment).
Buffnoun詞源 4
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slangA member of the Royal Antediluvian Order of Buffaloes.
Buffnoun詞源 5
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slanggovernmentmilitarypoliticsA Boeing B-52 Stratofortress strategic bomber aircraft.
buffnoun詞源 1/bʌf/
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Undyed leather from the skin of buffalo or similar animals.
- […]; but is in a ſuite of buffe […]
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A tool, often one covered with buff leather, used for polishing.
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A brownish yellow colour.
- 1693, John Dryden (translator), The Satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis Translated into English Verse, London: Jacob Tonson, Satire 10, lines 307-308, p. 203, […] a Visage rough, Deform’d, Unfeatur’d, and a Skin of Buff.
- His face changed from tan to buff.
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A military coat made of buff leather.
- A diuell in an euerlaſting garment hath him ; / On whoſe hard heart is button’d vp with ſteele : / A Feind, a Fairie, pittileſſe and ruffe : / A Wolfe, nay worſe, a fellow all in buffe […]
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informalA person who is very interested in a particular subject.
- He’s a real history buff. He knows everything there is to know about the civil war.
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video-gamesA change introduced in a patch that makes a character, item, or attack stronger.
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video-gamesAn effect that makes a character or item stronger.
- I just picked up an epic damage buff! Let's go gank the other team!
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rail-transportrailwaystransportCompressive coupler force that occurs during a slack bunched condition.
另外 3 個記錄的用法
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The bare skin.
- to strip to the buff
- To be in buff, is equivalent to being naked.
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The greyish viscid substance constituting the buffy coat.
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Any substance used to dilute (street) drugs in order to increase profits.
- 2014, “Aldergrove’s 856 gang busted, $400,000 in drugs seized,” CBC News, 30 July, 2014, Police say this 20 ton hydraulic jack was used to press mixtures of cocaine and “buff” into brick.
buffadj詞源 1/bʌf/
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Of the color of buff leather, a brownish yellow.
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Unusually muscular.
- The bouncer was a big, buff dude with tattoos, a shaved head, and a serious scowl.
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slangPhysically attractive.
- That's right: I'm taking driver's ed next semester. Hiring an interpreter for CHS and the deaf school outta my own hefty pockets. You're welcome. Oh, and I'm going to get really skinny and buff. All slim like a swimsuit model.
buffverb詞源 1/bʌf/
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To polish and make shiny by rubbing.
- He was already buffing the car's hubs.
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video-gamesTo make a character or an item stronger.
- The enchanter buffed the paladin to prepare him to fight the dragon.
- I noticed that the pistols were buffed in the update.
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To modify a medical chart, especially in a dishonest manner.
- "Sure thing, I buffed her, and they turfed her to urology, but she bounced back to me!" [...] They attempted to transfer her to urology by modifying her chart (buffing it) to request urine tests, but the doctors in urology sent (bounced) her back.
- The implication of such an action is an invitation to buff the chart. The medical records department could have prevented the falsification by sending a copy of the chart to the attorney at the same time that they notified the hospital physician of the attorney's request for the chart.
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slangartsgraffitivisual-artsTo remove (graffiti), particularly when done by someone who is not a graffiti writer.
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archaicslangTo strip to the bare skin.
buffverb詞源 2/bʌf/
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To strike.
- Bravely run Red-hood, / There was a shock, / To have buff’d out the blood / From ought but a block.
buffnoun詞源 2/bʌf/
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obsoleteA strike; a blow.
- Nathless so sore a buff to him it lent / That made him reel.
- A man must consider what a blind-man’s-buff is this game of conformity. If I know your sect I anticipate your argument.
buffverb詞源 3/bʌf/
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obsoletedialectalTo stammer, stutter
buffnoun詞源 4/bʌf/
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informalA buffalo, or the meat of a buffalo.
- […] diced buff (buffalo) meat, usually heavily spiced […]
- You will eat water buffalo meat and drink boiled water buffalo milk: buff burgers at Aunt Jane's restaurant, buff mo-mos which are the Tibetan won-tons, and buff steaks at The Globe.
這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形:
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。