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cuff¹ /kʌf/ n. | vt. | phr. I n. 1. (缝住的或可拆装的)袖口 buttons on the cuffs 袖口上的钮扣 2. 〈主美〉(裤脚的)翻边 scrape at one's trouser cuffs 擦裤脚翻边 Are cuffs in fashion this year? 今年流行裤脚翻边吗? 3. 长手套(或金属护手)的腕部(或前臂部) 4. 〈口〉[常作 cuffs] 手铐 5. (血压计的)橡皮囊袖带
II vt. 1. 为…装袖口(或翻边);给…套上橡皮囊袖带 cuff a pair of trousers 给裤脚加翻边 2. 〈口〉给…上手铐 3. 〈美俚〉(出其不意地)向…借钱;使承担费用 [< ME cuffe glove < ?] phr. off the cuff 未经准备地 (的),即席地 (的);随意地 (的); (演讲或发表意见等)以私人身份,非正式地 the kind of question that one can answer off the cuff 可以随口回答的那类问题 on the cuff 1. 赊欠地 (的)They kept me on the cuff, letting my tab grow higher and higher.他们老让我赊账,弄得我债台高筑。Much of the spending is on the cuff.多数开销是靠赊账。2. 免费地 (的);不指望偿付地 (的)a few nights on the cuff at one of the snappiest hotels 在一家最漂亮的旅馆白住的几个晚上 3. 〈美俚〉分期付款地 (的) 4. 〈美俚〉私下地,机密地;随便说说地 shoot one's cuffs 使衬衫袖口露在上衣袖口外 |