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The end part of a sleeve, around the wrist, sometimes with a button. "Cuffs" (plural) can also mean , the metal rings police put on someone's wrists. As a verb, to cuff someone means to hit them lightly, often on the head, either as punishment or in a light-hearted way. The phrase "off the cuff" means said without preparation, spontaneously.
袖口;手銬(cuffs);輕打(頭部);off the cuff 即興發言
同家族的字
- handcuffhandcuff = hand + cuff, the ring that goes around the wrist
原始詞典資料14 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。
Cuffname
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A surname.
cuffnoun詞源 1/kʌf/
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obsoleteGlove; mitten
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The end of a shirt sleeve that covers the wrist.
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The end of a pants leg when folded up.
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A surgical procedure in which parts of the body that were not previously connected are stitched together.
cuffverb詞源 1/kʌf/
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To furnish with cuffs.
cuffnoun詞源 2/kʌf/
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informalA handcuff.
cuffverb詞源 2/kʌf/
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To handcuff.
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slangTo enter into a committed romantic relationship with (someone).
- cuffing season
- This fr how it be, never cuffing another Latina woman from New York ever again💀
cuffverb詞源 3/kʌf/
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To hit, as a reproach, particularly with the open palm to the head; to slap.
- I swear I'll cuff you, if you strike again.
- [They] with their quills did all the hurt they could, / And cuff'd the tender chickens from their food.
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To fight; to scuffle; to box.
- While the peers cuff to make the rabble sport.
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To buffet.
- cuffed by the gale
cuffnoun詞源 3/kʌf/
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A blow, especially with the open hand; a box; a slap.
- The Sarazin sore daunted with the buffe / Snatcheth his sword, and fiercely to him flies; / Who well it wards, and quyteth cuff with cuff:
- many a bitter kick and cuff
cuffnoun詞源 4/kʌf/
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The scruff of the neck.
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。