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单词 chuffing
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Definition of chuffing in English:

chuffing

adjective ˈtʃʌfɪŋ
Northern English informal
  • Used for emphasis or as a mild expletive.

    〈北英格兰,非正式〉 用于加重语气或表示轻度愤怒该死的

    the whole chuffing world's gone mad

    这整个该死的世界都发疯了。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • ‘The Audio Bullys‘aren't just great - they're chuffing fantastic!
    • Partly hidden though it was by a nearby apartment block, there's no mistaking it in silhouette: a chuffing great, perfectly symmetrical trapezoid, towering on the horizon and always, always far bigger than you expect it to be.
    • So being the polite chap I am, I had to get to the back of the chuffing queue
    • Obviously most people visit Windsor in chuffing big air-conditioned coaches, and - on the evidence of yesterday - most coach tours now seem to also insist on a uniform for all passengers.
    • The Day Job hangs over me like the sword of chuffing Damocles.
    • I'm included on this thing, although I haven't a chuffing clue what any of it means.
    • I can only study at home when Thomas has gone off to bed, and what with one thing and another I'm left with about an hour a night to work my way through these chuffing text books.
    • Mind you, the meal that resulted from my middle-class organic shopping spree was chuffing gorgeous.
    • ‘We don't need any chuffing GPS’ he says in his distinctly upper-crust, yet man-of-the-world accent.
    • Of course, it still could be that when I get to the Arena no-one will know a chuffing thing, in which case there may be a retraction on Saturday…
    • Sorry to keep banging on about the same old subject, but is there any stopping chuffing Chelsea?
    Synonyms
    damned, damn, damnable, wretched, accursed, rotten, horrible

Origin

1980s: perhaps related to chuff2.

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