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ruff

/ruhf/US // rʌf //UK // (rʌf) //

围脖,围巾,围脖儿,围脖的

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a neckpiece or collar of lace, lawn, or the like, gathered or drawn into deep, full, regular folds, worn in the 16th and 17th centuries.
    • : something resembling such a piece in form or position.
    • : a collar, or set of lengthened or specially marked hairs or feathers, on the neck of an animal.
    • : Ornithology. a species of European and Asian sandpiper, Philomachus pugnax, the male of which has a large erectile ruff of feathers during the breeding season.Compare reeve.
    • : Alaska and Northern Canada. a fringe of fur around the edge of a parka hood or along the edges of a jacket.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : tease.

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Examples

  • And then Joan, dressed in a black sparkly dressing gown with a feather ruff—literally—rang the dinner gong.

  • Decked in a $850 black dress with a white ruff and cuffs, however, Brooks dictated a more modest tone.

  • The 40-year-old Voit studied at the Dusseldorf Academy in Germany with Thomas Ruff, a disciple of Bernd and Hilla Becher.

  • His ruff is an ornament and a defence; he loses both it and his red grape with the passing of his fighting and loving season.

  • Mrs Turner, at her execution, was arrayed in a ruff stiffened with the material for the invention of which she was so famous.

  • The portrait was that of a man in middle life, handsomely dressed in black velvet, with hat and ruff.

  • Punch describes it as the same back and front, with a kind of ruff below the waist which sticks out stiffly all round.

  • Bobo's red eyes expanded and the ruff on the back of his neck began to rise.