tuft
英 [tʌft]
美 [tʌft]
- n. 一簇；叢生植物；一叢
- vt. 用叢毛裝飾
- vi. 叢生
- n. (Tuft)人名；(英)塔夫特
助記提示
1. 諧音“她縛頭”-----她把頭發捆縛起來。
2. top => tuft.
3. Latin tuber "lump" => tuft.
英文詞源
- tuft
- tuft: see toff
- tuft (n.)
- "bunch of soft and flexible things fixed at the base with the upper ends loose," late 14c., of uncertain origin, perhaps from Old French touffe "tuft of hair" (14c.), which is either from Late Latin tufa "a kind of crest on a helmet" (also found in Late Greek toupha), or from a Germanic source (compare Old High German zopf, Old Norse toppr "tuft, summit;" see top (n.1)). As a verb from 1530s. Related: Tufted.
雙語例句
- 1. He had a small tuft of hair on his chin.
- 他下巴上有一小撮胡須。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Fear ambush at every tree and tuft of grass.
- 風聲鶴唳,草木皆兵.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 3. A tuft of grass atop the wall sways right and left in the wind.
- 牆上一棵草,風吹兩邊倒.
來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》
- 4. He plucked at Winston's head and brought away a tuft of hair.
- 他一揪溫斯頓的頭發,就掉下一把來.
來自英漢文學
- 5. He may pitch on some tuft of lilacs over a river.
- 他可以到小河邊去采摘一簇丁香花.
來自辭典例句