buff

noun

/bʌf/

Idioms

[countable] (used in compounds用于构成复合词) a person who is very interested in a particular subject or activity and knows a lot about it爱好者；行家里手
- a film/movie/history buff电影/电影/历史爱好者
- an opera buff歌剧爱好者
- They were a group of computer buffs who used to meet every Thursday evening.他们是一群电脑迷，以前每周四晚上都会见面。
Topics Film and theatrec2
[uncountable] a pale yellow-brown colour浅黄褐色 synonym beige

buff

adjective

/bʌf/

pale yellow-brown in colour浅黄褐色的 synonym beige
- a buff envelope浅黄褐色信封
Topics Colours and Shapesc2
(informal) physically fit and attractive, with big muscles健美（或健壮）而肌肉发达的
- He was a tall buff guy in his thirties.他是一个三十多岁的高个子壮汉。
Topics Appearancec2

词源adjective mid 16th cent.: probably from French buffle, from Italian bufalo, from late Latin bufalus, from earlier bubalus, from Greek boubalos ‘antelope, wild ox’. The original sense in English was ‘buffalo’, later ‘oxhide’ or ‘colour of oxhide’.

buff

verb

/bʌf/

动词形式

present simple I / you / we / they buff	/bʌf/ /bʌf/
he / she / it buffs	/bʌfs/ /bʌfs/
past simple buffed	/bʌft/ /bʌft/
past participle buffed	/bʌft/ /bʌft/
-ing form buffing	/ˈbʌfɪŋ/ /ˈbʌfɪŋ/

Phrasal Verbs

buff something (up) to polish something with a soft cloth用软布擦亮
- She buffed up the brass with a cloth.她用布擦亮黄铜。
Collocations Dictionary
Buff is used with these nouns as the object:
shoe
词源verb mid 16th cent.: probably from French buffle, from Italian bufalo, from late Latin bufalus, from earlier bubalus, from Greek boubalos ‘antelope, wild ox’. The original sense in English was ‘buffalo’, later ‘oxhide’ or ‘colour of oxhide’.

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