| 单词 | nuff respect |
| 释义 | > as lemmasnuff respect = enough adj. 1. Also (originally Caribbean): plenty of, lots of, many, much; esp. in nuff respect. ΚΠ 1826 S. Woodworth King's Bridge Cottage I. ii. 11 I speck he tink do dat white soger got pluck 'nuff, and dat de nigger run 'way same as if de debill after him. 1868 T. Russell Etymol. Jamaica Gram. 8 The Adjectives nuff, plenty-plenty, [etc.]; as Nuff cow pass ya; Plenty-plenty yam dig. 1950 in L. Bennet et al. Anancy Stories & Dial. Verse iii. 64 You got nuff smaddy deh ah you yard? 1967 C. Himes Black on Black (1973) 133 Go on, baby, you can be back in an hour with 'nuff bread so we can scoff. 1991 Newsday 2 Aug. ii. 80/2 Between demands for ‘nuff respect’ and the audience's collective peace signs, Freddy's ‘original bad boy talk’..showed how dancehall ultimately reduces the voice. 1994 Straight No Chaser Summer 5/2 Nuff respect goes out to Galliano... They've dented the UK national chart. 2000 D. Adebayo My Once upon Time (2001) ii. 22 You don't want a girl that can't give you nuff conversation. Why bother with it? < as lemmas |
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