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单词 cruft
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Cruftn.1

/krʌft/
Etymology: < the name of Charles Cruft (1852–1938), English promoter of canine societies and dog shows.
Used in the possessive to designate the dog show founded by Charles Cruft (now administered by the Kennel Club) and held annually in London since 1886. Also as Cruft's, Crufts, Crufts'.
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the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping dogs or cats > [noun] > keeping or affinity with dogs > dog-show
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1891 Kennel Chron. 26 Jan. 2/2 The following shows between 1st Jan. and 31st Dec. in each year only to count: Liverpool, Cruft's Terrier Show [etc.].]
1910 Encycl. Brit. VIII. 376/2 The [Kennel] club has control over all the shows held in the United Kingdom,..the actual number of dogs which were entered at the leading fixtures being: Kennel Club show 1789, Cruft's 1768, [etc.].
1936 ‘R. West’ Thinking Reed xii. 433 The dogs were sitting on each side of him..they looked too like him. She felt as if she were contemplating marrying into Crufts'.
1962 ‘J. le Carré’ Murder of Quality v. 68 My sister is devoted to dogs…She..was commended at Cruft's.
1970 Guardian 6 Apr. 9/1 A girl..is constantly under pressure to groom herself like a Cruft's exhibit.
1984 S. Townsend Growing Pains Adrian Mole 18 He said that Mitzi was being prepared for Crufts and mustn't suffer any stress.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1989; most recently modified version published online March 2018).

cruftn.2

Brit. /krʌft/, U.S. /krəft/
Origin: Of unknown origin.
Etymology: Origin unknown. Perhaps an expressive formation, perhaps recalling fluff n.1, scruffy adj., crust n. However, with crufty adj. perhaps compare Jamaican English crufty coarse-looking (1943), cruffy scurfy, rough (1868), cruff (adjective) scabby, scurfy, naturally rough, coarse, uncooth (c1915), all ultimately related to scruff n.1: see F. G. Cassidy & R. B. Le Page Dict. Jamaican English (1967) at cited words.A number of other etymologies have also been suggested.
Computing slang.
Something unnecessary, redundant, or poorly made; the fact or process of creating this; esp. poorly designed or unnecessarily complex computer software, e.g. that containing sections of obsolete code. Also: filth, esp. that which builds up over time; detritus.
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1959 Abridged Dict. TMRC Lang. (Mass. Inst. Technol.) 2 Cruft, that which magically amounds [sic] in the Clubroom just before you walk in to clean up. In other words, rubbage [sic].
1981 CoEvolution Q. Spring 29/1 Crufty, poorly built, possibly overly complex... Hence cruft n. shoddy construction.
1981 CoEvolution Q. Spring 29/1 Crufty, unpleasant, especially to the touch, often with encrusted junk. Like spilled coffee smeared with peanut butter and catsup. Hence cruft n. disgusting mess.
1999 APC May 146/2 The cruft that accumulates in the front fan grille of a computer with no dust filter.
2003 Personal Computer World Mar. 192/2 Verity Stob has compiled a ‘Beaufort Scale’ of cruft, ranging from 0 (‘The Connect to the Internet shortcut is still on the desktop, and the How to use Windows dialogue appears at logon’) to 10.
2005 Wired Dec. 156/2 Tagger cross-references the acoustic fingerprint of each untitled tune... It was about 85 percent accurate with our playlist cruft.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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