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You can picture fur as the thick soft coat growing all over an animal — a cat, a rabbit, a fox — a warm layer that covers the whole body and that your hand sinks into when you stroke it. Almost everything else the word does comes from following that layer: taking it off the animal and using it, copying it, or noticing something else that quietly grows a coat like it.

可以想成動物身上那層厚厚軟軟的毛——貓、兔子、狐狸——一整片蓋滿全身、摸下去手會陷進去的保暖層。這個字後面幾乎所有用…更多收起可以想成動物身上那層厚厚軟軟的毛——貓、兔子、狐狸——一整片蓋滿全身、摸下去手會陷進去的保暖層。這個字後面幾乎所有用法，都是順著這層毛走出來的：把它從動物身上取下來用、做出像它的東西，或是注意到別的地方也悄悄長出了一層「毛」。

原始詞典資料21 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。

Furnoun

  • 1

    A member of a Nilo-Saharan people of western Sudan.

Furname

  • 1

    The language of this people.

furnoun詞源 1/fɜː/

  • 1

    The hairy coat of various mammal species, especially when fine, soft and thick.

  • 2

    The hairy skins of animals used as a material for clothing.

  • 3

    An animal pelt used to make, trim or line clothing.

    • During the colonial period, Britain used Canada as a major source of furs.
  • 4

    A garment made of fur.

    • November 17, 1716, Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, letter to the Countess of Mar wrapped up in my furs
  • 5

    A coating or lining resembling fur in function and/or appearance.

  • 6

    A coating or lining resembling fur in function and/or appearance.

  • 7

    A coating or lining resembling fur in function and/or appearance.

  • 8

    A coating or lining resembling fur in function and/or appearance.

另外 6 個記錄的用法
  • 9

    governmentheraldryhobbiesOne of several patterns or diapers used as tinctures, such as ermine and vair.

  • 10

    hobbieshuntinglifestyleRabbits and hares, as opposed to partridges and pheasants (called feathers).

  • 11

    A furry, a member of the furry fandom.

    • "You want to know what brings furries together?" she asks. "Furs are here because they don't fit in anywhere else. For real furs, this is the only place they feel comfortable."
  • 12

    informalHuman body hair, especially when abundant.

  • 13

    vulgarslangPubic hair.

  • 14

    vulgarslangSexual attractiveness.

furverb詞源 1/fɜː/

  • 1

    To cover with fur or a fur-like coating.

  • 2

    To become covered with fur or a fur-like coating.

    • The college water supply was practically undrinkable because of its salinity and the pipes furred up so rapidly that they had to be replaced every few years.
  • 3

    businessconstructionmanufacturingTo level a surface by applying furring to it.

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。