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If you are chuffed, you are very pleased — happy with how something went, and a bit proud of it. “I’m chuffed” is British informal speech; Americans almost never say it. British speakers pile it up: chuffed to bits, dead chuffed, well chuffed.
If you are chuffed如果你是 chuffed,you are very pleased表示你非常開心——happy with how something went, and a bit proud of it對事情的結果很滿意,也有點得意。"I'm chuffed" is British informal speech「I'm chuffed」是英式口語;Americans almost never say it美國人幾乎不會這樣說。British speakers pile it up英國人還會加強語氣:chuffed to bits, dead chuffed, well chuffed像 chuffed to bits、dead chuffed、well chuffed 這樣。
It is the sort of thing you say when you passed a test, your team won, or someone liked your cooking — pleased, and not hiding it, but not jumping up and down either.
It is the sort of thing you say這是你會說的那種話 when you passed a test, your team won, or someone liked your cooking像是你考試過了、你的球隊贏了,或有人喜歡你做的菜——pleased, and not hiding it就是很開心,也不藏著,but not jumping up and down either但也不到手舞足蹈的地步。
It comes from a northern English dialect word chuff, which first had to do with looking and well-fed (not a Scottish word). The “very pleased” meaning is not old in print; it turns up in the 1950s.
It comes from a northern English dialect word chuff這個字來自英格蘭北部方言的 chuff,which first had to do with looking puffed and well-fed原本是指看起來鼓鼓的、養得很好的樣子(not a Scottish word不是蘇格蘭字)。The "very pleased" meaning「非常開心」這個意思 is not old in print在文字紀錄裡並不算古老;it turns up in the 1950s是1950年代才出現的。
One messy bit, said kindly: in a few older dialect uses, chuff / chuffed could mean the opposite, a bit sulky. You can forget that for modern English. If a British friend says they are chuffed, they are happy.
One messy bit, said kindly有一點小混亂,先溫和地說一下:in a few older dialect uses在一些比較舊的方言用法裡,chuff / chuffed could mean the opposite, a bit sulkychuff / chuffed 反而可能是相反的意思,有點鬧脾氣。You你 can forget that這點可以忘掉 for modern English對現代英文來說。If a British friend says they are chuffed如果一個英國朋友說自己 chuffed,they are happy意思就是他很開心。
組成From northern English dialect chuff, originally “puffed with fat.” The “very pleased” use is first seen in 1957.
原始詞典資料3 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。
chuffedadj詞源 1/ˈtʃʌft/
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informalVery pleased or satisfied; delighted.
- Then when Karen got him on her morning show he was chuffed as a haemophiliac with a foolproof razor
- Got to the video shop in a state / But chuffed it wouldn't be late
chuffedadj詞源 2/ˈtʃʌft/
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dialectalDispleased; gruff.
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。