tuft
英式音标[tʌft]
美式英标[tʌft]
基本解释
n. 一簇；丛生植物；一丛
vt. 用丛毛装饰
vi. 丛生
n. (Tuft)人名；(英)塔夫特
英文词源
- tuft
- tuft: see toff
- tuft (n.)
- "bunch of soft and flexible things fixed at the base with the upper ends loose," late 14c., of uncertain origin, perhaps from Old French touffe "tuft of hair" (14c.), which is either from Late Latin tufa "a kind of crest on a helmet" (also found in Late Greek toupha), or from a Germanic source (compare Old High German zopf, Old Norse toppr "tuft, summit;" see top (n.1)). As a verb from 1530s. Related: Tufted.
实用例句
- 1. He had a small tuft of hair on his chin.
- 他下巴上有一小撮胡须。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. Fear ambush at every tree and tuft of grass.
- 风声鹤唳,草木皆兵.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 3. A tuft of grass atop the wall sways right and left in the wind.
- 墙上一棵草,风吹两边倒.
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- 4. He plucked at Winston's head and brought away a tuft of hair.
- 他一揪温斯顿的头发,就掉下一把来.
来自英汉文学
- 5. He may pitch on some tuft of lilacs over a river.
- 他可以到小河边去采摘一簇丁香花.
来自辞典例句
