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单词 fuzz
释义 fuzz
I. \ˈfəz\ noun
(-es)
Etymology: probably back-formation from fuzzy
1. obsolete : puffball 1
2. : a mass of fluffy particles or fibers: as
 a. : the short hairs remaining on the seed of most cotton varieties after removal of the longer lint fibers
 b. : fibers that project from the surface of a sheet of paper or are not firmly incorporated into it
 c. : the beard of an adolescent boy
  < although a little fuzz had recently begun to appear, had no real excuse for shaving — J.R.Gallagher >
3. : a blurred effect
 < the rainbow-colored fuzz of streetlight nebula — MacKinlay Kantor >
4. slang : an officer of the law : policeman
II. verb
(-ed/-ing/-es)
intransitive verb
: to fly off in or become covered with fluffy particles : become fuzzy
 < angora tends to fuzz >
— often used with out
 < watch the cat's tail fuzz out when she's angry >
 < fuzzing out of the legal concept … to comprise another new crime — Gerard Piel >
transitive verb
1. : to cover with fluff : make fuzzy
 < the land was fuzzed with buffalo grass — W.A.White >
2. : to envelop in a haze : blur
 < my head was still badly fuzzed from the drink — Ralph Ellison >
— usually used with up
 < fuzz up the argument >
 < if a little haze fuzzes up the lamps they say it's all closed in — C.A.Lindbergh b. 1902 >
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