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单词 buff
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buff

noun
/bʌf/
/bʌf/
 Idioms
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  1. [countable] (used in compounds) a person who is very interested in a particular subject or activity and knows a lot about it
    • a film/movie/history buff
    • an opera buff
    • They were a group of computer buffs who used to meet every Thursday evening.
    Topics Film and theatrec2
  2. [uncountable] a pale yellow-brown colour synonym beige
    3. see also blind man’s buff
    Word Originnoun senses 2 to 3 mid 16th cent.: probably from French buffle, from Italian bufalo, from late Latin bufalus, from earlier bubalus, from Greek boubalos ‘antelope, wild ox’. The original sense in English was ‘buffalo’, later ‘oxhide’ or ‘colour of oxhide’. noun sense 1 early 20th cent.: from the colour buff, originally applied to enthusiastic fire-watchers, because of the buff uniforms formerly worn by New York volunteer firemen.
Idioms
in the buff
  1. (informal) wearing no clothes
synonym naked

buff

adjective
/bʌf/
/bʌf/
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  1. pale yellow-brown in colour synonym beige
    • a buff envelope
    Topics Colours and Shapesc2
  2. (informal) physically fit and attractive, with big muscles
    • He was a tall buff guy in his thirties.
    Topics Appearancec2
    3. Word Originadjective mid 16th cent.: probably from French buffle, from Italian bufalo, from late Latin bufalus, from earlier bubalus, from Greek boubalos ‘antelope, wild ox’. The original sense in English was ‘buffalo’, later ‘oxhide’ or ‘colour of oxhide’.

buff

verb
/bʌf/
/bʌf/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they buff
/bʌf/
/bʌf/
he / she / it buffs
/bʌfs/
/bʌfs/
past simple buffed
/bʌft/
/bʌft/
past participle buffed
/bʌft/
/bʌft/
-ing form buffing
/ˈbʌfɪŋ/
/ˈbʌfɪŋ/
Phrasal Verbs
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  1. buff something (up) to polish something with a soft cloth
    • She buffed up the brass with a cloth.
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryBuff is used with these nouns as the object:
    • shoe
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    Word Originverb mid 16th cent.: probably from French buffle, from Italian bufalo, from late Latin bufalus, from earlier bubalus, from Greek boubalos ‘antelope, wild ox’. The original sense in English was ‘buffalo’, later ‘oxhide’ or ‘colour of oxhide’.
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