单词 | tuft |
释义 | Word Frequency tuft(tʌft) noun 1. a bunch of feathers, grass, hair, etc, held together at the base 2. a cluster of threads drawn tightly through upholstery, a mattress, a quilt, etc, to secure and strengthen the padding 3. a small clump of trees or bushes 4. (formerly) a gold tassel on the cap worn by titled undergraduates at English universities 5. a person entitled to wear such a tassel verb 6. (transitive) to provide or decorate with a tuft or tufts 7. to form or be formed into tufts 8. to secure and strengthen (a mattress, quilt, etc) with tufts Derived forms tufter (ˈtufter) noun tufty (ˈtufty) adjective Word origin C14: perhaps from Old French tufe, of Germanic origin; compare top1 |
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