| 单词 | buff |
| 释义 | buff (once / 761 pages) 1nadj 2vn 3n 4v Buff is a busy word. If you’re a movie buff, you’re a film fan! If you’re in the buff, you’re naked. If you are buff, your muscles are toned. To buff is to polish. It’s also a creamy yellow. Whew. You may decide to paint your living room buff or write a long letter on buff-colored stationery. There is also a soft-surfaced, yellowish kind of leather that's called buff, which is where the word came from — it was called buffe leather, or "leather made of buffalo hide," in the 16th century, and the practice of polishing leather gives buff its meaning as a verb: to polish. WORD FAMILYbuff: buff-colored, buffed, buffer, buffest, buffing, buffly, buffs, rebuff+/buffer: buffered, buffering, buffers/rebuff: rebuffed, rebuffing, rebuffs USAGE EXAMPLESThe team is a mix of fresh-out-of-college history majors, retired teachers, actors and government buffs. Washington Times(Dec 31, 2016) Kennedy Leonard led the Buffs with 19 points. Washington Times(Dec 30, 2016) “I wouldn’t be surprised if Trump gets in there and buffs it up,” he said of Camp David, which was built in the 1930s. Washington Times(Dec 29, 2016) 1 1n a soft thick undyed leather from the skins of e.g. buffalo or oxen Hyper leather an animal skin made smooth and flexible by removing the hair and then tanning 2n a medium to dark tan color Syn|Hypo|Hyper caramel, caramel brown, raw sienna, yellowish brown snuff-color, snuff-colour dark yellowish brown brown, brownness an orange of low brightness and saturation 3n bare skin; naked swimming in the buff Hyper cutis, skin, tegument a natural protective body covering and site of the sense of touch 4adj of the yellowish-beige color of buff leather 2Syn chromatic being or having or characterized by hue 1v polish and make shiny buff the wooden floors buff my shoes Syn|Hyper burnish, furbish polish, shine, smooth, smoothen make (a surface) shine 2n an implement consisting of soft material mounted on a block; used for polishing (as in manicuring) 3Syn|Hyper buffer implement instrumentation (a piece of equipment or tool) used to effect an end n an ardent follower and admirer 4Syn|Hypo|Hyper devotee, fan, lover aerophile a lover of aviation aficionadoa serious devotee of some particular music genre or musical performer amoristone dedicated to love and lovemaking especially one who writes about love bacchanal, bacchanta drunken reveller; a devotee of Bacchus groupiean enthusiastic young fan (especially a young woman who follows rock groups around) metalheada fan of heavy metal music follower a person who accepts the leadership of another v strike, beat repeatedly Syn|Hyper buffet hit deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument |
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