duff

英 [dʌf] 美 [dʌf]

• adj. <俚>无用的
• v. <俚>未击中；弄糟
• n. 水果布丁；揉好的面团；笨拙的人

英英释义

Noun:

1. a stiff flour pudding steamed or boiled usually and containing e.g. currants and raisins and citron

例句

用作形容词 (adj.)

1. He sold me a duff radio.
   他卖给我一台不响的收音机。

用作动词 (v.)

1. He duffed his drive off the first tee.
   他开球第一杆就未击中。

经典引文

• Christmas...The only change was that we had a 'plum duff' for dinner.

  出自： R. H. Dana

• These are not people who sit on their duff, expecting a handout.

  出自： R. Critchfield

• I went down to the pub because the play was so duff.

  出自： J. Lymington

• To find the duff bulb you'll have to test each bulb in turn.

  出自：Which?

词汇搭配

• duff up 【英】【俚】痛打...
• huff-duff 高频无线电测向...
• duff dust 末煤
• anthracite duff 无烟煤粉
• get somebody off her duff 使某人采取行动...
• get somebody off his duff 使某人采取行动...

近反义词

【近义词】

• seat 座位
• useless 无用的
• inferior 较低的
• broken 弄坏的
• faulty 有缺陷的
• rotten 腐烂的
• bad 坏的
• lousy 多虱的
• plum duff 葡萄干布丁