Cuff
[kʌf]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) the lap consisting of a turned-back hem encircling the end of the sleeve or leg.
(verb.) hit with the hand.
校對:卡特里娜--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(v. t.) To strike; esp., to smite with the palm or flat of the hand; to slap.
(v. t.) To buffet.
(v. i.) To fight; to scuffle; to box.
(n.) A blow; esp.,, a blow with the open hand; a box; a slap.
(n.) The fold at the end of a sleeve; the part of a sleeve turned back from the hand.
(n.) Any ornamental appendage at the wrist, whether attached to the sleeve of the garment or separate; especially, in modern times, such an appendage of starched linen, or a substitute for it of paper, or the like.
錄入:费尔普斯
同義詞及近義詞：
n. Blow, stroke, box.
v. a. Beat, strike, buffet, box.
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同義詞及反義詞：
SYN:Slap, box, smack, punch, pummel, hustle, buffet
ANT:Cudgel, flagellate, thrash, cane, strap, lash, whip
編輯:玛杰里
解釋/意思:
n. a stroke with the open hand.—v.t. to strike with the open hand: to beat.
n. Scotch form of Scruff.—Cuff of the neck,See Scruff."
n. the end of the sleeve near the wrist: a covering for the wrist: a handcuff (q.v.).
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例句/造句/用法:
- The case has assumed such an extraordinary aspect since Sergeant Cuff's time, that you may revive his interest in the inquiry. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- Sergeant Cuff bowed. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- She answered Sergeant Cuff's inquiry for the landlord, by telling him sharply that her master was up-stairs, and was not to be bothered by anybody. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- For once in his life, the great Cuff stood speechless with amazement, like an ordinary man. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- Sergeant Cuff and I went straight to my mistress's room. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- Sergeant Cuff made his best acknowledgments. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- The breakfast-bell rang as the two girls disappeared--and even Sergeant Cuff was now obliged to give it up as a bad job! 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- He was going to dig, with whatsoever object, for he tucked up his cuffs and spat on his hands, and then went at it like an old digger as he was. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- Mrs Merdle's verbs were so pressingly presented to Mr Merdle to conjugate, that his sluggish blood and his long coat-cuffs became quite agitated. 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
- The curate turned up his coat-cuffs, and applied himself to the cookery with vigour. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- Turning up the cuffs of his dress-coat--he had placed his overcoat on a chair--Holmes laid out two drills, a jemmy, and several skeleton keys. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歸來記.
- What he did on those occasions was to turn up his cuffs, stick up his hair, and give us Mark Antony's oration over the body of Caesar. 查理斯·狄更斯. 遠大前程.
- Just look at the edges of these coat-cuffs! 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- Wipe your eyes with the cuffs of your jacket, and don't cry into your gruel; that's a very foolish action, Oliver. 查理斯·狄更斯. 霧都孤兒.
- But I have been kicked and cuffed and sworn at, and at the best only let alone; and what do I owe? 哈麗葉特·比切·斯托. 湯姆叔叔的小屋.
- When he was disobedient she cuffed him, it is true, but she was never cruel to him, and was more often caressing him than chastising him. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
- He walked after her, and cuffed her once or twice, leisurely, with sudden little blows of his magic white paws. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
整理:佩吉