cuff
cuff 英 [kʌf] 美 [kʌf]
n. 袖口；一巴掌 v. 轻拍
进行时:cuffing 过去式:cuffed 过去分词:cuffed 第三人称单数:cuffs 名词复数:cuffs
- A cuff is the very end of a long sleeve or the rolled bottom of your jeans. You might prefer to wear a cuff on the bottom of your pants in order to show off your striped socks.
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- n. 袖口；一巴掌
- v. 轻拍
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1. to give sb a friendly cuff
友好地轻轻拍某人一下
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2. I unbuttoned my shirt cuffs.
我解开了我的袖口。
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3. Mother cuffed the dog when she found it asleep on a chair.
妈妈发现狗睡在椅子上就用手把狗打跑了。
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4. She cuffed the boy on the side of the head.
她向这男孩的头上轻轻打了一巴掌。
- cuff (n.) "bottom of a sleeve," mid-14c., cuffe "hand covering, mitten, glove," perhaps somehow from Medieval Latin cuffia "head covering," which is of uncertain origin. Sense of "band around the sleeve" is first attested 1520s; sense of "hem of trousers" is 1911. Off the cuff "extemporaneously" is 1938 American English colloquial, suggesting an actor or speaker reading from notes jotted on his shirt sleeves rather than learned lines. Cuff links is from 1897.
- cuff (v.1) "to put a cuff on," 1690s, from cuff (n.). Related: Cuffed; cuffing.
- cuff (v.2) "hit," 1520s, of unknown origin, perhaps from Swedish kuffa "to thrust, push." Related: Cuffed; cuffing. As a noun from 1560s.
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