
cuff基本信息
读法:英 [kʌf] 美 [kʌf]
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英英释义
Noun:
中英词源
cuff 袖口
词源不确定,可能同cap,帽子。
- cuff (v.1)
- "to put a cuff on," 1690s, from cuff (n.). Related: Cuffed; cuffing.
- cuff (n.)
- "bottom of a sleeve," mid-14c., cuffe "hand covering, mitten, glove," perhaps somehow from Medieval Latin cuffia "head covering," which is of uncertain origin. Sense of "band around the sleeve" is first attested 1520s; sense of "hem of trousers" is 1911. Off the cuff "extemporaneously" is 1938 American English colloquial, suggesting an actor or speaker reading from notes jotted on his shirt sleeves rather than learned lines. Cuff links is from 1897.
- cuff (v.2)
- "hit," 1520s, of unknown origin, perhaps from Swedish kuffa "to thrust, push." Related: Cuffed; cuffing. As a noun from 1560s.
词态变化
复数 cuffs;
第三人称单数 cuffs;
过去式 cuffed;
过去分词 cuffed;
现在分词 cuffing;
权威造句
- 1. I didn"t mean any offence. It was a flippant, off-the-cuff remark.
- 我本无意冒犯,那不过是句脱口而出的冒失话。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. Mr Baker was speaking off the cuff when he made those suggestions.
- 贝克先生临时提出那些建议。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. He gave the dog a cuff.
- 他轻轻地拍了拍那条狗。
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. Superintendent Seegrave and Sergeant Cuff, representing the social control of crime, can not handle the case.
- 主管Seegrave和警官Cuff, 代表着对罪恶的社会控制, 不能处理案件.
来自互联网
- 5. On the contrary, with shrewdness and knowledge , Sergeant Cuff is a famous city policeman.
- 正相反, 机警又博学,警官Cuff是一个著名的城市警察.
来自互联网
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单词分析
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记忆方法
1. 谐音“铐夫”
2. coup ====> cuff.
3. cap => cuff.
4. cuff <====> coif.
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