cuff

英 [k?f] 美[k?f]

CET6+TEM4IELTSGRE低頻詞常用詞匯

復數:?cuffs;第三人稱單數:?cuffs;過去式:?cuffed;過去分詞:?cuffed;現在分詞:?cuffing;

1. 諧音“銬夫”
2. coup ====> cuff.
3. cap => cuff.
4. cuff <====> coif.

cuff 袖口

詞源不確定，可能同cap,帽子。

cuff (v.1): "to put a cuff on," 1690s, from cuff (n.). Related: Cuffed; cuffing.
cuff (n.): "bottom of a sleeve," mid-14c., cuffe "hand covering, mitten, glove," perhaps somehow from Medieval Latin cuffia "head covering," which is of uncertain origin. Sense of "band around the sleeve" is first attested 1520s; sense of "hem of trousers" is 1911. Off the cuff "extemporaneously" is 1938 American English colloquial, suggesting an actor or speaker reading from notes jotted on his shirt sleeves rather than learned lines. Cuff links is from 1897.
cuff (v.2): "hit," 1520s, of unknown origin, perhaps from Swedish kuffa "to thrust, push." Related: Cuffed; cuffing. As a noun from 1560s.

1. I didn't mean any offence. It was a flippant, off-the-cuff remark.: 我本無意冒犯，那不過是句脫口而出的冒失話。

2. Mr Baker was speaking off the cuff when he made those suggestions.: 貝克先生臨時提出那些建議。

4. Superintendent Seegrave and Sergeant Cuff, representing the social control of crime, can not handle the case.: 主管Seegrave和警官Cuff, 代表著對罪惡的社會控制, 不能處理案件.

5. On the contrary, with shrewdness and knowledge , Sergeant Cuff is a famous city policeman.: 正相反, 機警又博學,警官Cuff是一個著名的城市警察.