| 单词 | buff |
| 释义 | buff (bʌf ) Word forms: buffs , buffing , buffed 1. colour Something that is buff is pale brown in colour. He took a largish buff envelope from his pocket. 2. countable noun You use buff to describe someone who knows a lot about a particular subject. For example, if you describe someone as a film buff, you mean that they know a lot about films. [informal] Judge Lanier is a real film buff. Any competent computer buff should be able to do it for you in a few minutes. Synonyms: expert, fan, addict, enthusiast 3. adjective You can describe someone, especially a man, as buff if they are in good physical shape with large muscles. [informal] We all want to get a buff athlete's body. Synonyms: fawn, cream, tan, beige 4. verb If you buff the surface of something, for example your car or your shoes, you rub it with a piece of soft material in order to make it shine. He was already buffing the car's hubs. [VERB noun] Synonyms: polish, clean, smooth, brush buffing uncountable noun Regular buffing helps prevent nails from splitting. Collocations: history buff I've always been a bit of a history buff. Smithsonian I'm a history buff and love stuff like that. Times, Sunday Times I'm a big history buff. The Sun My dad's a huge history buff. Times, Sunday Times He's now 15 and a history buff. Times, Sunday Times There's enough to keep the most devoted movie buff amused for hours. The Sun Turns out he's a big movie buff. Times, Sunday Times He's a great old movie buff. Times, Sunday Times I was a movie buff because our town had three cinemas, which changed their films three times a week. Times, Sunday Times Does that mean you're a big movie buff? The Sun A classical music buff received a brochure of upcoming concerts. Christianity Today Better still, its unusual design will brighten any music buff's home. Times, Sunday Times Most music buffs love to show off their knowledge of obscure works. Times,Sunday Times Just bafflingly irrelevant to anyone other than social history boffins and dedicated music buffs. Times, Sunday Times Plenty of classical music buffs will solemnly aver that in the age of the quick fix and ever more pervasive gadgetry we are gradually losing our powers of concentration. Times, Sunday Times He was also an art historian, broadcaster, bibliophile, opera buff, literary critic and all-round cultural connoisseur. Times, Sunday Times So much so that he was unsure if she genuinely was an opera buff or had mastered a well-written brief. Times, Sunday Times And those who are already opera buffs will be only too keen to spread the word and make newcomers welcome. The Sun I was amused, too, by some narrow-minded, so-called opera buffs who loathed it. Times, Sunday Times Nor would the opera buffs be any better at singing. Times, Sunday Times It denied it was banning train buffs and said they would be issued with platform passes. The Sun Train buffs will read this book anyway. Times, Sunday Times It's a sentiment train buffs and gardeners alike can identify with. Houston Chronicle For example, railway posters, which were often designed by famous artists, are popular with train buffs and poster collectors. Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 牛皮色, 爱好者 Japanese: 薄茶色, 通 |
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