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

单词

buffing-wheel

释义

buff¹ /buf/

noun

Orig buffalo-hide
Now white leather from which the grain surface has been removed, used for army accoutrements
A military coat
The colour of buff, a dull brownish yellow
The bare skin (informal)
A buff-stick or buff-wheel
(in pl) certain regiments in the British Army, from their former buff-coloured facings (eg East Kent Regiment, Ross-shire Buffs)
A member of a party whose colour is buff
An enthusiast, fan, expert (orig a keen attender at fires, so called from the buff uniform of the former New York volunteer firemen) (informal)

transitive verb

To polish with a buff

adjective

ORIGIN: Fr buffle a buffalo

buffˈer noun

A person or thing that buffs or polishes. See also buffer¹

buffˈing noun

The act or process of polishing

buffˈ-coat or buffˈ-jerkin noun

buffˈ-leather noun

buffˈ-stick, buffˈ-wheel or buffˈing-wheel noun

A stick or wheel covered with buff-leather or the like, and impregnated with an abrasive for polishing

buffˈ-tip moth noun

A European moth with buff wing tips

in the buff (informal)

Naked

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