| 单词 | ruff |
| 释义 | ruff 1. n. 1. a projecting starched frill worn round the neck esp. in the 16th c. 2. a projecting or conspicuously coloured ring of feathers or hair round a bird's or animal's neck. 3. a domestic pigeon like a jacobin. 4. (fem. reeve) a wading bird, Philomachus pugnax, of which the male has a ruff and ear-tufts in the breeding season. Derivatives rufflike adj. Etymology: perh. f. ruff = ROUGH 2. n. (also ruffe) any of various fish, esp. a perch-like freshwater fish, Gymnocephalus cernua, found in European lakes and rivers. Etymology: ME, prob. f. ROUGH 3. v. & n. --vintr. & tr. trump at cards. --n an act of ruffing. Etymology: orig. the name of a card-game: f. OF roffle, rouffle, = It. ronfa (perh. alt. of trionfo TRUMP(1)) |
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