英语词汇“fluff”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

fluff

/flʌf

noun

1 [mass noun] Soft fibres from fabrics such as wool or cotton which accumulate in small light clumps: he brushed his sleeve to remove the fluff...

Yes, of course it's cotton wool fluff, but it's excellent cotton wool fluff nonetheless.
But he's a clever Baz, and before too long he understood why we were putting the cover around the cotton fluff.
The wind occasionally blew cotton fluff into the set, which made you feel really in tune to the emotional side of the play.

Synonyms

fuzz, lint, dust;

North American dustballs, dust bunnies;

Scottish ooze

1.1Any soft downy substance, especially the fur or feathers of a young mammal or bird.There is cuddly fur and downy fluff to stroke, rubber-like blubber and armour-like scales to feel - mammals certainly come in all manner of wonderful varieties....

They all turned to look at Ursula Harris, whose face was crimson, her chestnut hair in disarray like a baby bird's fluff, whose laugh was audible even here, a high garrulous tinkle.
All that I could see was that sandy blonde downy fluff, the baby fat, and those crystal blue eyes that would probably change.

Synonyms

down, soft/fine hair, soft fur, soft feathers, downiness, fuzz, floss, nap, pile

2Entertainment or writing perceived as trivial or superficial: the film is a piece of typical Hollywood fluff...

The thirty-minute ‘making of’ featurette is of far higher quality than typical superficial PR fluff.
I'd wager that if most of America had known the first finalist wouldn't even be selected until the second half, very few would have tuned in for the fluff.
We viewers are absorbed in all the fluff and drama of Hollywood just as much as Americans.

3 informal A mistake made in speaking or playing music, or by an actor in delivering their lines.Not assisting the actors is the unwieldy dialogue, which caused an unusual amount of line fluffs on opening night....

Slow scene changes, line fluffs and anachronistic props appear occasionally.
After a couple of fluffs, Jeffers did what he's paid for.

Synonyms

mistake, error, gaffe, blunder, fault, slip, slip of the tongue, solecism, indiscretion, oversight, inaccuracy, botch;

French faux pas;

Latin lapsus linguae, lapsus calami

informal slip-up, clanger, boner, boo-boo, howler, fail

British informal boob

North American informal goof, blooper, bloop

British informal, dated bloomer, floater

verb [with object]

1Make (something) appear fuller and softer by shaking or brushing it: I fluffed up the pillows...

The whole head is fluffed up and gently back-combed, so that it looks scruffy and unkempt.
She stomped into the middle of the kitchen, gave herself the most enormous shake to fluff her fur out to maximum effect, and began the big clean-up.
‘Damn it's hot,’ said the brunette, shaking her hair in the air while fluffing it out.

2 informal Fail to perform or accomplish (something) successfully or well: the extra fluffed his only line...

His performance yesterday - including fluffing a great chance early in the second half - displayed little to suggest that this will change.
You could tell it was an early performance - Jim Broadbent fluffed a few lines and there was a little clunkiness in some of the performances - but overall it was a lot of fun.
‘He was clean through from the halfway line but he fluffed it,’ Beardsley recalled.

Synonyms

bungle, deliver badly, muddle up, make a mess of;

forget

informal mess up, foul up, screw up, cock up

bungle, fumble, miss

informal mess up, make a mess of, make a hash of, hash, muff, foozle, butcher, make a botch of, foul up, bitch up, screw up, blow, louse up

British informal make a muck of, make a pig's ear of, cock up, make a Horlicks of

North American informal flub, goof up, bobble

vulgar slang fuck up, bugger up, balls up, bollix up

Origin

Late 18th century: probably a dialect alteration of 16th-century flue 'down, nap, fluff', apparently from Flemish vluwe.

单词	fluff
释义	fluff /flʌf / noun 1 [mass noun] Soft fibres from fabrics such as wool or cotton which accumulate in small light clumps: he brushed his sleeve to remove the fluff... Yes, of course it's cotton wool fluff, but it's excellent cotton wool fluff nonetheless. But he's a clever Baz, and before too long he understood why we were putting the cover around the cotton fluff. The wind occasionally blew cotton fluff into the set, which made you feel really in tune to the emotional side of the play. Synonyms fuzz, lint, dust; North American dustballs, dust bunnies; Scottish ooze 1.1Any soft downy substance, especially the fur or feathers of a young mammal or bird.There is cuddly fur and downy fluff to stroke, rubber-like blubber and armour-like scales to feel - mammals certainly come in all manner of wonderful varieties.... They all turned to look at Ursula Harris, whose face was crimson, her chestnut hair in disarray like a baby bird's fluff, whose laugh was audible even here, a high garrulous tinkle. All that I could see was that sandy blonde downy fluff, the baby fat, and those crystal blue eyes that would probably change. Synonyms down, soft/fine hair, soft fur, soft feathers, downiness, fuzz, floss, nap, pile 2Entertainment or writing perceived as trivial or superficial: the film is a piece of typical Hollywood fluff... The thirty-minute ‘making of’ featurette is of far higher quality than typical superficial PR fluff. I'd wager that if most of America had known the first finalist wouldn't even be selected until the second half, very few would have tuned in for the fluff. We viewers are absorbed in all the fluff and drama of Hollywood just as much as Americans. 3 informal A mistake made in speaking or playing music, or by an actor in delivering their lines.Not assisting the actors is the unwieldy dialogue, which caused an unusual amount of line fluffs on opening night.... Slow scene changes, line fluffs and anachronistic props appear occasionally. After a couple of fluffs, Jeffers did what he's paid for. Synonyms mistake, error, gaffe, blunder, fault, slip, slip of the tongue, solecism, indiscretion, oversight, inaccuracy, botch; French faux pas; Latin lapsus linguae, lapsus calami informal slip-up, clanger, boner, boo-boo, howler, fail British informal boob North American informal goof, blooper, bloop British informal, dated bloomer, floater verb [with object] 1Make (something) appear fuller and softer by shaking or brushing it: I fluffed up* the pillows... The whole head is fluffed up and gently back-combed, so that it looks scruffy and unkempt. She stomped into the middle of the kitchen, gave herself the most enormous shake to fluff her fur out to maximum effect, and began the big clean-up. ‘Damn it's hot,’ said the brunette, shaking her hair in the air while fluffing it out. 2 informal* Fail to perform or accomplish (something) successfully or well: the extra fluffed his only line... His performance yesterday - including fluffing a great chance early in the second half - displayed little to suggest that this will change. You could tell it was an early performance - Jim Broadbent fluffed a few lines and there was a little clunkiness in some of the performances - but overall it was a lot of fun. ‘He was clean through from the halfway line but he fluffed it,’ Beardsley recalled. Synonyms bungle, deliver badly, muddle up, make a mess of; forget informal mess up, foul up, screw up, cock up bungle, fumble, miss informal mess up, make a mess of, make a hash of, hash, muff, foozle, butcher, make a botch of, foul up, bitch up, screw up, blow, louse up British informal make a muck of, make a pig's ear of, cock up, make a Horlicks of North American informal flub, goof up, bobble vulgar slang fuck up, bugger up, balls up, bollix up Origin Late 18th century: probably a dialect alteration of 16th-century flue 'down, nap, fluff', apparently from Flemish vluwe. Rhymes bluff, buff, chough, chuff, cuff, duff, enough, gruff, guff, huff, luff, puff, rough, ruff, scruff, scuff, slough, snuff, stuff, Tough, tuff
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