单词 | fun fur |
释义 | > as lemmasfun fur fun fur n. (a) fur from a rabbit or other animal, often dyed, and intended as a cheaper alternative to expensive furs such as mink (now chiefly historical); (b) an artificial fabric with a texture resembling fur, typically in bright colours; fake fur. ΚΠ 1959 N.Y. Times 14 Feb. 25/8 Modest-priced fur coats often are made of the ‘fun furs’, such as monkey, mink gill, guanaco and hare. 1965 Punch 18 Aug. 254/3 The cheap ‘fun furs’ acclaimed as so young and amusing. 1968 J. Ironside Fashion Alphabet 151 The young have taken to ‘fun’ furs which may be rabbit dyed to any colour under the sun. 1990 Intercity June 57/1 Coffee creamer has never seen a cow, fun fur has never walked on four legs, and health farms cater for the distinctly unfit. 1994 Western Living Mar. 12/1 That doesn't stop her from working 70-hour weeks to design her way through metric tons of Polar Fleece, leopard fun fur, Crayola-colored corduroy and Steinbeckian denim. 1996 J. C. Oates We were Mulvaneys (1997) i. 98 A lovely soft russet-dyed rabbit-fur jacket, one of those unspeakable ‘fun’ furs. 2001 L. Voss To be Someone 208 Ruby with her twangy curls and fun-fur coat. < as lemmas |
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