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单词 doofus
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Definition of doofus in English:

doofus

(also dufus)
nounPlural doofuses ˈduːfʌsˈdufəs
North American informal
  • A stupid person.

    a doofus who paid an inflated price for a tatty house
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Because even though he's a doofus, he is a gentleman.
    • Mostly, they remind me how glad I am that I don't have to wear suits and work in office towers pushing paper about, fielding emails, enduring meetings and being bossed about by older, fatter doofuses.
    • The ever-expanding world of wine and spirits now demands a certain degree of consumer savvy if one is to avoid looking like a doofus at cocktail parties, in restaurants or in liquor stores.
    • He got to help the White House wiggle out of unpleasant moments by asking questions worthy of a doofus.
    • There will always be a certain number of doofuses who reply anyway, and I guess you just delete those messages and move on.
    • What our dueling doofuses don't realize is that this is all a set-up.
    • It's a lot of fun watching the FBI dufuses giving chase.
    • So I said hello and on the way to the car I vowed to never speak again except via my laptop, because I am obviously nothing but a bumbling doofus who should remain locked inside away from normal people.
    • I was gratified, not because the teal was gone but because I would have felt like a dufus if I'd missed something so exciting.
    • I recorded the drums last, in the manner befitting a dufus, so I had to play them live to everything else, including the guitar break.
    • Soon we'll have crimes of laughter where dufuses force their way into homes and attempt stand up routines at gunpoint.
    • But you don't want to end up seeming like a pitiful doofus like him.
    • I don't want my guy to give me puppy eyes or beg like a little doofus when he wants something.
    • If you happen to be short-waisted as well, you look like a doofus with your blouse tucked in.
    • Didn't the doofus know that I was a double agent?
    • It looks cool on Elvis and Michael Jackson, but most guys just look like dufuses if their pants are too short.
    • So I'm not saying that you're wrong, exactly, that we shouldn't portray men as doofuses as often as we do; I just think that the cure is probably worse than the disease.
    • Why are millionaires choosing to go on a show where the prize is a low six-figure salary to work for a doofus like him?
    • All of the supposed intrigue and suspense leads up to a climactic scene which is about as exciting as watching two middle-aged doofuses having a shovel fight in a garage.
    • They'd get home eventually and they wouldn't have spent eighteen pounds on a black cab like some of the dufuses out on the street tonight.
    Synonyms
    idiot, fool, stupid person, simpleton, moron, cretin, imbecile, ignoramus, oaf, dunce, dolt, dullard, nincompoop, duffer, jackass

Origin

1960s: perhaps an alteration of goofus, or from Scots doof 'dolt'.

 
 

Definition of doofus in US English:

doofus

(also dufus)
nounˈdo͞ofəsˈdufəs
North American informal
  • A stupid person.

    a doofus who paid an inflated price for a tatty house
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Soon we'll have crimes of laughter where dufuses force their way into homes and attempt stand up routines at gunpoint.
    • Didn't the doofus know that I was a double agent?
    • He got to help the White House wiggle out of unpleasant moments by asking questions worthy of a doofus.
    • If you happen to be short-waisted as well, you look like a doofus with your blouse tucked in.
    • The ever-expanding world of wine and spirits now demands a certain degree of consumer savvy if one is to avoid looking like a doofus at cocktail parties, in restaurants or in liquor stores.
    • So I'm not saying that you're wrong, exactly, that we shouldn't portray men as doofuses as often as we do; I just think that the cure is probably worse than the disease.
    • It's a lot of fun watching the FBI dufuses giving chase.
    • Why are millionaires choosing to go on a show where the prize is a low six-figure salary to work for a doofus like him?
    • It looks cool on Elvis and Michael Jackson, but most guys just look like dufuses if their pants are too short.
    • Mostly, they remind me how glad I am that I don't have to wear suits and work in office towers pushing paper about, fielding emails, enduring meetings and being bossed about by older, fatter doofuses.
    • But you don't want to end up seeming like a pitiful doofus like him.
    • I don't want my guy to give me puppy eyes or beg like a little doofus when he wants something.
    • All of the supposed intrigue and suspense leads up to a climactic scene which is about as exciting as watching two middle-aged doofuses having a shovel fight in a garage.
    • So I said hello and on the way to the car I vowed to never speak again except via my laptop, because I am obviously nothing but a bumbling doofus who should remain locked inside away from normal people.
    • I recorded the drums last, in the manner befitting a dufus, so I had to play them live to everything else, including the guitar break.
    • What our dueling doofuses don't realize is that this is all a set-up.
    • I was gratified, not because the teal was gone but because I would have felt like a dufus if I'd missed something so exciting.
    • There will always be a certain number of doofuses who reply anyway, and I guess you just delete those messages and move on.
    • Because even though he's a doofus, he is a gentleman.
    • They'd get home eventually and they wouldn't have spent eighteen pounds on a black cab like some of the dufuses out on the street tonight.
    Synonyms
    idiot, fool, stupid person, simpleton, moron, cretin, imbecile, ignoramus, oaf, dunce, dolt, dullard, nincompoop, duffer, jackass

Origin

1960s: perhaps an alteration of goofus, or from Scots doof ‘dolt’.

 
 
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