daff

n. 傻瓜, 懦夫 v. 推开

发音

UK /dæf/
其它

词形变化

daffs 复数 daffs 三单 daffing 现在分词 daffed 过去式 daffed 过去分词

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A fool; an idiot; a blockhead.

  2. 1.

    Clipping of daffodil.

    非正式

    Get your daffs here - £2 a bunch.

  3. 1.

    Alternative form of daf (“type of drum”).

  4. 1.

    A preparation of gypsum once used to adulterate food products.

    废旧 不可数
v.
  1. 1.

    To be foolish; make sport; play; toy.

    苏格兰 不及物
  2. 2.

    To daunt.

    英国 方言 废旧
  3. 1.

    To toss (aside); to dismiss.

    及物
  4. 2.

    To turn (someone) aside; divert.

    及物

词源

From Middle English daf, daffe (“fool, idiot”), from Old Norse daufr (“deaf, stupid”), from Proto-Germanic *daubaz (“deaf, stunned”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewbʰ- (“to whisk, whirl, smoke, be obscure”). Doublet of deaf, dof, and dowf. Cognate with Swedish döv (“deaf”), Danish døv (“deaf, stupid”). More at deaf.

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