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buff

/buhf/US // bʌf //UK // (bʌf) //

缓冲区,缓冲,缓冲器,缓冲剂

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a soft, thick, light-yellow leather with a napped surface, originally made from buffalo skin but later also from other skins, used for making belts, pouches, etc.
    • : a brownish-yellow color; tan.
    • : a buff stick or buff wheel.
    • : a devotee or well-informed student of some activity or subject: Civil War buffs avidly read the new biography of Grant.
    • : Informal. the bare skin, or the state of being nude: swimming in the buff;stripped to his buff.
    • : Also called buffcoat. a thick, short coat of buffalo leather, worn especially by English soldiers and American colonists in the 17th century.
    • : Informal. a buffalo.
adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : having the color of buff.
    • : made of buff leather.
    • : Slang. physically attractive; muscular.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to clean or polish or give a grainless finish of high luster to with or as if with a buff stick or buff wheel.
    • : to polish or shine, especially with a buffer: to buff shoes.
    • : to dye or stain in a buff color.

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Examples

  • Movie buffs may feel like Raya has taken 80 percent of its beats from other animated stories, from The Lion King to The Dark Crystal.

  • Military history buffs won’t have to settle for reenactors either.

  • Beyer, the only certified mechanic in Congress and a science-fiction buff, will be tasked with enacting the annual legislation that lays out NASA priorities.

  • The digital version can be downloaded on any device, and if you really want to splurge on your traveling movie buff, throw in a Kindle reader to make bingeing it even easier.

  • This well-reviewed trek through Hollywood history features vintage stars that time forgot, and prominent performers of yesteryear that even the most ardent movie buffs might have never heard of.

  • Then Ziegler tosses the buff LaBeouf around like a rag doll.

  • Have you always been a history buff, or a military history buff?

  • The lacquer cures for 72 hours, and then is sanded by hand to buff out any imperfections.

  • Luckily I have a friend who is both an opera buff and pothead.

  • Before William entered the pool, Charles joked, "I know my eldest will now demonstrate his buff credentials".

  • Then throw away the bees and lay the stings gently but firmly on a mash composed of the breasts of five Buff Orpington cockerels.

  • They were a warm, golden cream and a very delicate buff, which made the rooms seem lighter.

  • The boy was clad in a grey suit of the finest cloth, laid down with silver lace, with a buff-coloured cloak of the same pattern.

  • "It's lucky in another way," he added, staring darkly at the buff-coloured wall that separated them from Number 13.

  • Gills: Equal, brittle, broad; yellow-buff color in all stages.