| 单词 | buff |
| 释义 | buff buff1 —buffability, n. —buffable, adj. /buf/, n. 1. a soft, thick, light-yellow leather with a napped surface, originally made from buffalo skin but later also from other skins, used for making belts, pouches, etc. 2. a brownish-yellow color; tan. 3. a buff stick or buff wheel. 4. a devotee or well-informed student of some activity or subject: Civil War buffs avidly read the new biography of Grant. 5. Informal. the bare skin: in the buff. 6. Also called buffcoat. a thick, short coat of buffalo leather, worn esp. by English soldiers and American colonists in the 17th century. 7. Informal. a buffalo. adj. 8. having the color of buff. 9. made of buff leather. 10. Slang. physically attractive; muscular. v.t. 11. to clean or polish (metal) or give a grainless finish of high luster to (plated surfaces) with or as if with a buff stick or buff wheel. 12. to polish or shine, esp. with a buffer: to buff shoes. 13. to dye or stain in a buff color. [1545-55; 1900-05 for def. 4; earlier buffe wild ox, back formation from buffle < MF < LL bufalus; see BUFFALO; (def. 4) orig. a person enthusiastic about firefighting and firefighters, allegedly after the buff uniforms once worn by volunteer firefighters in New York City] Syn. 10. burnish, shine. buff2 /buf/, v.t. 1. to reduce or deaden the force of; act as a buffer. n. 2. Chiefly Brit. Dial. a blow; slap. [1375-1425; late ME buffe, back formation from BUFFET1] buff3 /buf/, n. buffe. |
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