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Tufted means having a or — small bunches growing or set at intervals. It goes in front of a noun almost every time. You meet it in three worlds.
Tufted有簇毛的 means有一叢或好幾叢 having a tuft or tufts — small bunches growing or set at intervals小小一叢一叢的、間隔生長或排列著. It它 goes in front of a noun幾乎每次都放在名詞前面 almost every time. You meet it你會 in three worlds在三個領域裡遇到它.
First, birds and animals: a tufted duck, a tufted titmouse, a tufted ear. Bird names love this word, because a little standing bunch of feathers on the head is one of the easiest ways to tell two species apart, so tufted became a permanent part of dozens of official names.
First第一, birds and animals鳥類和動物: a tufted duck, a tufted titmouse, a tufted ear像tufted duck(鳳頭潛鴨)、tufted titmouse(簇羽山雀)、tufted ear(叢毛耳). Bird names鳥類的命名 love this word很愛用這個詞, because因為 a little standing bunch of feathers on the head頭上一小叢豎起的羽毛 is one of the easiest ways to tell two species apart是分辨兩個物種最簡單的方法之一, so tufted became a permanent part of dozens of official names所以tufted就變成了好幾十個正式名稱裡固定的一部分.
Second, plants: tufted grasses grow in separate clumps instead of spreading into a smooth lawn — a technical word in gardening and .
Second第二, plants植物: tufted grasses叢生的草 grow in separate clumps一叢一叢分開生長 instead of spreading into a smooth lawn而不是長成一片平滑的草坪 — a technical word in gardening and botany這是園藝和植物學裡的專業用詞.
Third, and the one you may actually buy: furniture and carpet. A tufted or tufted sofa has buttons pushed deep in, gathering the cloth into soft squares or diamonds — that quilted, dented look. A tufted carpet is made by pushing loops of yarn through a backing, which is how almost all cheap carpet is made now, as opposed to woven.
Third第三, and the one you may actually buy也是你實際上可能會買到的: furniture and carpet家具和地毯. A tufted headboard or tufted sofa壓釦床頭板或壓釦沙發 has buttons pushed deep in是把釦子深深壓進去, gathering the cloth into soft squares or diamonds把布料收攏成柔軟的方塊或菱形 — that quilted, dented look也就是那種凹凸壓紋的樣子. A tufted carpet簇絨地毯 is made by pushing loops of yarn through a backing是把毛線圈穿過底布做成的, which is how almost all cheap carpet is made now現在幾乎所有便宜地毯都是這樣做的, as opposed to woven相對於用織的做法.
So the word runs from wild birds to sofa without changing its idea: something gathered into little bunches. It is a describing word only; there is no common verb use you need.
So所以 the word這個詞 runs from wild birds to sofa showrooms從野生鳥類一路用到沙發展示間 without changing its idea概念都沒有變: something gathered into little bunches就是東西聚成一小叢一小叢. It它 is純粹是 a describing word only一個形容詞; there is no common verb use you need沒有常見的動詞用法需要你學.
組成tuft plus the ending -ed, which here means "having". English does this a lot with body parts and features: bearded, long-legged, pointed, horned — the -ed does not mean the past here.
同家族的字
- tuftThe noun this is built from — the small gathered bunch itself.
原始詞典資料2 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。
tuftedadj/ˈtʌftɪd/
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Having tufts.
- Breezes blowing from beds of iris quickened her breath with their perfume; she saw the tufted lilacs sway in the wind, and the streamers of rose-tinted wistaria swinging, all a-glisten with golden bees; she saw a crimson cardinal winging through the foliage, and amorous tanagers flashing like scarlet flames athwart the pines.
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。