in the buff

短语

vt. 用软物擦亮(金属); 使皮革柔软; 减低(力量); 减弱 vi. 作缓冲器, 缓冲

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释义与例句

phr.
  1. 1.

    Nude.

    习语 非正式

    She was in the buff on the beach.

    The streaker ran across the playing field in the buff.

词源

From buff (“bare skin”, literally “brownish yellow”), an allusion to the color of tanned light skin.

来源:wiktionary