Afn.

Brit.

/af/, U.S.

/æf/

Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: African n.

Etymology: Shortened < African n.

offensive.

In southern Africa, esp. in Zimbabwe and South Africa: a black African.Used by white English speakers as a patronizing and mildly derogatory term.

ΚΠ

1974 Bulletin (Sydney) 14 Sept. 37/3 According to the pragmatic Vorster, Smith should have a stab at placating his ‘Afs’ because South Africa is not going to waste much time and cash in defending Smith if they really get nasty.

1976 N.Y. Times 22 June 13 A common feature of the conversation with the whites was the use of pejoratives to refer to blacks... In English-speaking households, the words ‘natives’, or ‘Afs’ were common.

1986 D. Caute News from Nowhere II. xviii. 196 But your Af mistakes too much kindness for weakness.

1990 R. Malan My Traitor's Heart (1991) i. 56 In my teens, everyone knew that all ‘Afs’ smoked dope.

2006 S. Britten Art S. Afr. Insult ii. 12 South Africans are, after all, a bunch of Dutchmen..and Afs.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

> see also

> as lemmas

AF n. air force; cf. R.A.F. n., U.S.A.F. n. at U n.¹ Initialisms 1a, etc.

ΚΠ

1919 Aircraft Jrnl. 27 Dec. 7/2 British AF Independence. The constitution of the British air force emphasizes its integrity and independence as a separate fighting unit of the Crown.

1998 Air Force Missileers (2000) 87/3 [He] grew up on a farm in Iowa, attended Iowa State College and joined the AF in March 1959.

AF n. audio frequency.

ΚΠ

1915 Proc. IRE 3 411 The following abbreviations are used:..a.f.—audio frequency.

1944 Pop. Sci. Monthly Aug. 206 The R.F. carrier wave..must be varied in exact accordance with the A.F. impulses that represent speech and music.

1997 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) B. 352 651 Bring the RF signal down to an intermediate frequency (IF) or audio frequency (AF).

AF n. Photography autofocus; automatic focusing (also focus).

ΚΠ

1974 U.S. Patent 3,798,660 2 Fig. 2 is a diagram showing the automatic focusing control circuit (hereinafter referred to as AF circuit).

1994 Backpacker Oct. 71/1 If you have an autofocus (AF) camera, switch it to manual focusing to save battery drain from the AF motors.

2005 D. Harman Digital Photogr. Handbk. ii. 58/1 If your camera allows control over which auto focus (AF) points you can use, select the central AF point and use it to focus.

单词	af
释义	Afn. Brit. /af/, U.S. /æf/ Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: African n. Etymology: Shortened < African n. offensive. In southern Africa, esp. in Zimbabwe and South Africa: a black African.Used by white English speakers as a patronizing and mildly derogatory term. ΚΠ 1974 Bulletin (Sydney) 14 Sept. 37/3 According to the pragmatic Vorster, Smith should have a stab at placating his ‘Afs’ because South Africa is not going to waste much time and cash in defending Smith if they really get nasty. 1976 N.Y. Times 22 June 13 A common feature of the conversation with the whites was the use of pejoratives to refer to blacks... In English-speaking households, the words ‘natives’, or ‘Afs’ were common. 1986 D. Caute News from Nowhere II. xviii. 196 But your Af mistakes too much kindness for weakness. 1990 R. Malan My Traitor's Heart (1991) i. 56 In my teens, everyone knew that all ‘Afs’ smoked dope. 2006 S. Britten Art S. Afr. Insult ii. 12 South Africans are, after all, a bunch of Dutchmen..and Afs. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). > see also also refers to : af-prefix > as lemmas AF AF n. air force; cf. R.A.F. n., U.S.A.F. n. at U n.¹ Initialisms 1a, etc. ΚΠ 1919 Aircraft Jrnl. 27 Dec. 7/2 British AF Independence. The constitution of the British air force emphasizes its integrity and independence as a separate fighting unit of the Crown. 1998 Air Force Missileers (2000) 87/3 [He] grew up on a farm in Iowa, attended Iowa State College and joined the AF in March 1959. extracted from An. AF AF n. audio frequency. ΚΠ 1915 Proc. IRE 3 411 The following abbreviations are used:..a.f.—audio frequency. 1944 Pop. Sci. Monthly Aug. 206 The R.F. carrier wave..must be varied in exact accordance with the A.F. impulses that represent speech and music. 1997 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) B. 352 651 Bring the RF signal down to an intermediate frequency (IF) or audio frequency (AF). extracted from An. AF AF n. Photography autofocus; automatic focusing (also focus). ΚΠ 1974 U.S. Patent 3,798,660 2 Fig. 2 is a diagram showing the automatic focusing control circuit (hereinafter referred to as AF circuit). 1994 Backpacker Oct. 71/1 If you have an autofocus (AF) camera, switch it to manual focusing to save battery drain from the AF motors. 2005 D. Harman Digital Photogr. Handbk. ii. 58/1 If your camera allows control over which auto focus (AF) points you can use, select the central AF point and use it to focus. extracted from An. < n.1974 see also as lemmas
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