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单词 buff
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buff

noun
/bʌf/
/bʌf/
 Idioms
  1. [countable] (used in compounds) a person who is very interested in a particular subject or activity and knows a lot about it爱好者；行家里手
    • a film/movie/history buff影迷；历史迷
    • an opera buff歌剧爱好者
    • They were a group of computer buffs who used to meet every Thursday evening.他们是一群电脑爱好者，每周四晚上都会聚会。
    Topics Film and theatrec2
  2. [uncountable] a pale yellow-brown colour浅黄褐色 synonym beige
    3. see also blind man’s buff
    Word Originnoun senses 2 to 3 mid 16th cent.: probably from French buffle, from Italian bufalo, from late Latin bufalus, from earlier bubalus, from Greek boubalos ‘antelope, wild ox’. The original sense in English was ‘buffalo’, later ‘oxhide’ or ‘colour of oxhide’. noun sense 1 early 20th cent.: from the colour buff, originally applied to enthusiastic fire-watchers, because of the buff uniforms formerly worn by New York volunteer firemen.
Idioms
in the buff
  1. (informal) wearing no clothes一丝不挂；赤裸
synonym naked

buff

adjective
/bʌf/
/bʌf/
  1. pale yellow-brown in colour浅黄褐色的 synonym beige
    • a buff envelope浅黄褐色信封
    Topics Colours and Shapesc2
  2. (informal) physically fit and attractive, with big muscles健美（或健壮）而肌肉发达的
    • He was a tall buff guy in his thirties.他是一个三十多岁的高个子、肌肉发达的小伙子。
    Topics Appearancec2
    3. Word Originadjective mid 16th cent.: probably from French buffle, from Italian bufalo, from late Latin bufalus, from earlier bubalus, from Greek boubalos ‘antelope, wild ox’. The original sense in English was ‘buffalo’, later ‘oxhide’ or ‘colour of oxhide’.

buff

verb
/bʌf/
/bʌf/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they buff
/bʌf/
/bʌf/
he / she / it buffs
/bʌfs/
/bʌfs/
past simple buffed
/bʌft/
/bʌft/
past participle buffed
/bʌft/
/bʌft/
-ing form buffing
/ˈbʌfɪŋ/
/ˈbʌfɪŋ/
Phrasal Verbs
  1. buff something (up) to polish something with a soft cloth用软布擦亮
    • She buffed up the brass with a cloth.她用布擦亮了黄铜。
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryBuff is used with these nouns as the object:
    • shoe
    Word Originverb mid 16th cent.: probably from French buffle, from Italian bufalo, from late Latin bufalus, from earlier bubalus, from Greek boubalos ‘antelope, wild ox’. The original sense in English was ‘buffalo’, later ‘oxhide’ or ‘colour of oxhide’.
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