| 单词 | in the buff |
| 释义 | in the buff (once / 112565 pages) adj When you're in the buff, you're completely naked. Most people are in the buff when they take a shower. In the buff is a way to say "not wearing any clothes," especially informally: "The toddler ran around the house in the buff, refusing to put his pants on." It comes from buff, which originally meant "buffalo or oxhide," and the term buff-coat, or leather tunic — before the seventeenth century, to be in the buff meant you were wearing such a coat. Later, the similarity of skin to the color of the leather changed the phrase's meaning to "naked." WORD FAMILYin the buff USAGE EXAMPLESIt was also during that visit Roosevelt apparently saw the British prime minister in the buff. Washington Post(Oct 27, 2016) Indeed, the opening sequence is intended to strip away more mysteries than just “What does Elliot look like in the buff?” New York Times(Aug 31, 2016) As at all the athletic festivals, they’d compete in the buff. New York Times(Jul 22, 2016) adj (used informally) completely unclothed Syn bare-ass, bare-assed, in the altogether, in the raw, naked as a jaybird, peeled, raw, stark naked unclothed not wearing clothing |
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