fluff

英 [flʌf] 美 [flʌf]

• n. 软毛；绒毛；无价值物；<口>失误
• v. （使）变柔软；搞糟；忘词

英英释义

Noun:

1. any light downy material

2. something of little value or significance

3. a blunder (especially an actor's forgetting the lines)

Verb:

1. make a mess of, destroy or ruin;

   "I botched the dinner and we had to eat out"
   "the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement"
   

2. erect or fluff up;

   "the bird ruffled its feathers"
   

3. ruffle (one's hair) by combing the ends towards the scalp, for a full effect

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. There're fluff and dust under the furniture. Please clean it properly.
   家具下面还有一团团的毛和尘埃，请彻底打扫一下。
2. The bird fluffed out its feathers in the sun.
   那只鸟儿在阳光下抖开羽毛。
3. She picked bits of fluff from his sweater.
   她摘掉他毛衣上的绒毛。
4. The report was mostly fluff, with little new information.
   这份报导只有一点点新讯息,其他的都是废话。

用作动词 (v.)

1. Let me fluff up your pillows for you.
   我来给你把枕头抖松。
2. The cricketer fluffed the catch.
   板球员接漏了球。
3. Most actors fluff their lines occasionally.
   多数演员都会偶尔念错台词。

经典引文

• I saw fluff and dust..under the bed.

  出自： E. O

• To reach a clear decision, with nothing fluffed or obscure.

  出自： H. Wilson

词汇搭配

• fluff and fold 给老顾客 以特殊的优...
• lint 绷带用麻布
• fluff up 翻松
• chicken fluff louse 鸡绒虱
• tea fluff 茶(叶)尘
• fluff one's lines 忘了台词
• piece of fluff 漂亮的姑娘
• bit of fluff 漂亮的姑娘
• fluff out 抖开

近反义词

【近义词】

• fuzz <非正式> 细毛...
• down 向下
• hair 头发
• feather 羽毛
• botch 拙笨地修补
• mess up 混乱
• bungle 拙劣地工作
• ruffle 褶饰
• make a mess of 弄坏
• ruin 毁灭
• fluff up 翻松
• plump up 鼓起
• shake 摇动
• pat 轻拍
• feathers 羽毛
• fur 毛皮
• thistledown 蓟花的冠毛
• ball up 使混乱, 搞成一团糟, ...
• bagatelle 琐事
• mishandle 粗暴对待
• louse up 破坏
• bollocks 胡说
• bobble 失误
• bollix 弄槽
• screw up 拧紧
• blow 打击
• tease 揶揄者
• flub 做得不佳
• muff 皮手筒
• frivolity 轻浮
• bodge (劣质的)修补...
• bumble 说话含糊
• muck up 弄脏
• frippery 便宜而俗艳的服装...
• fumble 摸索
• fuck up [美粗]搞糟
• foul up 混乱(故障)
• botch up 搞坏
• spoil 宠坏