| 正面 | 7067.cuff 英 [kʌf]美 [kʌf]     |
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| 背面 |      释义： 1. 谐音“铐夫”2. coup ====> cuff.3. cap => cuff.4. cuff <====> coif.n. 袖口，裤子翻边；手铐；一巴掌vt. 给…上袖口；用巴掌打；给…带上手铐vi. 殴斗，拳击n. (Cuff)人名；(法)屈夫；(英)卡夫 例句： 1. I didn't mean any offence. It was a flippant, off-the-cuff remark.我本无意冒犯，那不过是句脱口而出的冒失话。 cuff 袖口词源不确定，可能同cap,帽子。 cuff (v.1)"to put a cuff on," 1690s, from cuff (n.). Related: Cuffed; cuffing.cuff (n.)"bottom of a sleeve," mid-14c., cuffe "hand covering, mitten, glove," perhaps somehow from Medieval Latin cuffia "head covering," which is of uncertain origin. Sense of "band around the sleeve" is first attested 1520s; sense of "hem of trousers" is 1911. Off the cuff "extemporaneously" is 1938 American English colloquial, suggesting an actor or speaker reading from notes jotted on his shirt sleeves rather than learned lines. Cuff links is from 1897.cuff (v.2)"hit," 1520s, of unknown origin, perhaps from Swedish kuffa "to thrust, push." Related: Cuffed; cuffing. As a noun from 1560s." |