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duffer

/duhf-er/US // ˈdʌf ər //UK // (ˈdʌfə) //

缓冲区,缓冲器,杜夫,缓冲剂

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : Informal. a plodding, clumsy, incompetent person.a person inept or inexperienced at a specific sport, as golf.
    • : Northern and North Midland U.S. an old man, especially a dull or indecisive one.
    • : Slang. anything inferior, counterfeit, or useless.a peddler, especially one who sells cheap, flashy goods.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as inbungler

Examples

  • He's a kindly old duffer; always doing things for folks and going out of his way to help a neighbor and things like that.

  • Duffer is most inelegant (this from Julie in an assumption of stern reproach); I do not see wherever you picked up such a word.

  • There is no false modesty in the confidence with which I esteem myself a duffer, at fishing.

  • Anyway, you're behaving like a brick to them both, and Ronnie is a deuced old duffer for giving you up.

  • Harry: I used to think Santa a pretty jolly old duffer, who made lots of sport for the infants, but I'm ready for a change myself.