| 释义 |
tuft /tuft/ noun- A bunched cluster
- A clump
- A crest
- A separate lock of hair
- Any of the cut or uncut loops of wool, etc forming the pile of a carpet or rug
- A goatee or imperial beard
- A small tassel
- A gold tassel formerly worn on a nobleman's cap in the English universities
- Hence, a titled undergraduate
- A person of social consequence
transitive verb- To separate into tufts
- To make or decorate with tufts
- To beat (the ground) in deer-hunting
- To dislodge (game)
ORIGIN: Supposed to be from OFr tuffe (Fr touffe), from L tūfa crest, from Gmc (cf OLGer top top); but there are difficulties tuftˈed adjective - Having or made of tufts
- Having many short crowded branches all arising at or near the same level (botany)
- (of birds) with a tuft or crest of feathers on the head
tuftˈer noun A hound that drives deer out of cover tuftˈing noun tuftˈy adjective tufted duck noun A freshwater European duck, the male of which has a drooping black crest tuftˈ-hunter noun A toady tuftˈ-hunting noun |