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

noun | verb | adjective

buffbuff1 /bʌf/ noun

ETYMOLOGYbuff¹

Origin: (3) 1800-1900 buff bare skin

1[countable] a movie/car/jazz etc. buff someone who is very interested in movies, cars, etc. and knows a lot about them SYN fan2[uncountable] a pale yellow-brown color SYN beige3in the buff informal having no clothes on SYN naked [Origin: (3) 1800–1900 buff bare skin]

noun | verb | adjective

buffbuff2 verb [transitive]

ETYMOLOGYbuff²

Origin: 1800-1900 ➔ BUFF¹; because leather was used for polishing ( ➔ BUFF¹(2))

VERB TABLE

buff

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	buff
	he, she, it	buffs
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	buffed
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have buffed
	he, she, it	has buffed
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had buffed
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will buff
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have buffed

Continuous Form
Present	I	am buffing
	he, she, it	is buffing
	you, we, they	are buffing
Past	I, he, she, it	was buffing
	you, we, they	were buffing
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been buffing
	he, she, it	has been buffing
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been buffing
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be buffing
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been buffing

to make a surface shine by polishing it with a dry cloth SYN polishbuff up phrasal verb informal to exercise in order to make your muscles bigger