| 单词 | fudge |
| 释义 | fudge fudge1 /fuj/, n. a soft candy made of sugar, butter, milk, chocolate, and sometimes nuts. [1895-1900, Amer.; of uncert. orig.; the word was early in its history associated with college campuses, where fudge-making was popular; however, attempts to explain it as a derivative of FUDGE3 (preparing the candy supposedly being an excuse to "fudge" on dormitory rules) are dubious and prob. after-the-fact speculation] fudge2 /fuj/, n. , v. , fudged, fudging. n. 1. nonsense or foolishness (often used interjectionally). v.i. 2. to talk nonsense. [1690-1700; orig. uncert.; cf. FUDGE3] fudge3 /fuj/, v. , fudged, fudging, n. v.i. 1. to cheat or welsh (often fol. by on): to fudge on an exam; to fudge on one's campaign promises. 2. to avoid coming to grips with something: to fudge on an issue. 3. to exaggerate a cost, estimate, etc., in order to allow leeway for error. v.t. 4. to avoid coming to grips with (a subject, issue, etc.); evade; dodge: to fudge a direct question. n. 5. a small stereotype or a few lines of specially prepared type, bearing a newspaper bulletin, for replacing a detachable part of a page plate without the need to replate the entire page. 6. the bulletin thus printed, often in color. 7. a machine or attachment for printing such a bulletin. [1665-75; orig. uncert.; in earliest sense, "to contrive clumsily," perh. expressive var. of fadge to fit, agree, do (akin to ME feien to put together, join, OE fegan); unclear if FUDGE1 and FUDGE2 are developments of this word or independent coinages] |
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