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noun bʌfbəf mass noun1A yellowish-beige colour. 浅黄色，米色 as modifier a buff envelope Example sentencesExamples - There are more than 200 varieties in many different colours including make-up shades like buff, rose, chocolate and cream.
- These are characterized by small villages of rectangular pit-houses, cremation of the dead, and plain grey or brown pottery, sometimes painted red on buff.
- The white underside of this sparrow is streaked with buff and brown across the breast.
- The breast and abdomen of the male were buff with heavy markings of dark brown to black.
- In the raffle, if they call out ticket 315, chances are I'll have it, but in buff when they want blue.
- Melanin, which provides a range of colors from gray to black, buff to red-brown and brown, provides camouflage for many birds and display colors for others.
- The presence of certain chemicals, such as iron oxide or other organic and mineral impurities, affects the colour of the baked product, and the firing of terracotta may cause the colour to vary from light buff to deep red.
- Body fur may be black, brown, grey, buff, red, white or multi-coloured, with many varieties of face markings.
- Pelage color varies considerably, but is usually some shade of brown, gray, or buff.
- Eight colours can be made out from the tapestry; the five main colours are blue-green, terracotta, light-green, buff and grey-blue.
- The whole room is a zebra pelt of black and white and that colour that has been the fashion staple for so long they've invented a dozen names for it - taupe, camel, fawn, buff.
- C. infundibuliformis is funnel-shaped, as the specific name indicates, and has a cap of variable colour: buff, ochre, brown, or reddish.
- During the last financial year I have fallen into the unhealthy habit of not opening bills or indeed anything buff and brown with my name typed on it.
- Brick with blurred colors or flecks of color in earthy tones of red, brown, black and buff appear completely at home in a rustic setting.
- Although they are commonly red or buff in colour with low contents of organic matter, their coloration is mainly of diagenetic origin and is not exclusive to these deposits.
- Today there are withy beds in the Southwest that produce willow withies in white, buff and brown.
- If you prefer lighter shades, pale blue and buff always look tremendous together.
- Juveniles are overall streaked brown and buff.
- Light-morph birds are generally brown above and pale brown or buff below, with a white chin, throat, and chest, and a dark belly - band.
- Many of the seed-eating columbids are buff, grey and brown colors, while the fruit-eaters are often more brightly colored.
2A stout dull yellow leather with a velvety surface. 暗黄皮革 Example sentencesExamples - Officers were members of the gentry who did not wear a uniform but wore their own fine quality civilian clothes. They might wear a buff coat made of thick leather, with a small armour ‘gorget’ around their throat.
- Among others, there is an account of his exchanging the bishop's cassock for the buff jerkin of a ballad singer, and selling out his stock of ballads at a tavern.
- The buff coat was a standard piece of clothing for both the foot soldier and and the cavalryman. It offered moderate protection against blows from swords, but was ineffective against musket fire.
- Men know him as a lonely figure riding of a morning through Rock Creek Park, wearing an immense sombrero, kid gloves, buff waistcoat and an old riding coat.
3count noun A stick, wheel, or pad used for polishing. 擦拭轮（或棒，垫），抛光轮 Example sentencesExamples - Further, electrolytic polishing in a phosphoric acid solution or polishing with a buff can be conducted instead of the chemical polishing.
- The method of manufacturing a resin filled board according to claim 3, wherein said surfaces of said conductive layer are mechanically polished using a buff.
verb bʌfbəf [with object]1Polish (something) 擦亮 he buffed the glass until it gleamed 他把玻璃一直擦到闪闪发亮。 Example sentencesExamples - Then it's just a matter of using another clean cloth to buff the wax off.
- It must be thoroughly buffed, following directions on wax label.
- Waxed surface may be buffed occasionally to restore shine.
- The wooden floor is buffed to a cherry-red shine that lends a little jolliness.
- This surface is then buffed and polished with ever finer materials, like lambs wool, until the characteristic lustre is achieved.
- She smoothed paste wax on the old red linoleum and buffed it by hand.
- Once the iron sheet is buffed to give it the dull sheen the engraving work is taken up.
- Then, the blades are sintered at a temperature of over 1,000 degrees, surface finished, tumbled and buffed.
- The most beautiful was a series of small graphite paintings, buffed to a dull sheen that recalls the surfaces of ancient mirrors.
- When I'm done I'll rub on a paste wax of some sort and buff the piece to a soft glow.
- The wooden slats are cut, sanded, buffed, and finished by hand before being stained or painted (in a wide variety of colors), and cotton is used for the tapes and cords.
- When placed against the hot glass, the pad steams and smokes, forming a layer of carbon that helps to buff the glass.
- Solvent removes dirt and old wax, and leaves a thin wax coating which must be buffed.
- The makeup artist has smoothed and buffed the skin of his face, highlighting the wide planes of his cheekbones.
- So I shaved, brushed my teeth, deep-conditioned my hair, exfoliated, moisturised, filed and buffed my nails, and yet it still wasn't enough.
- As an 8-year-old entrepreneur, I collected golf balls, buffed them to a glossy shine and bartered them back to golf enthusiasts on the 14th hole.
- It must have taken me about ten minutes to select my favourite - and by that time, the chatty beautician had filed and buffed my fingernails, ready for painting.
- Underneath, an orange jumper, a light jacket with a peachy-orange check, an orange handkerchief tucked into his pocket and the shiniest light-tan leather shoes, buffed to mirrored perfection.
- After the first coat has dried it should be buffed with No. 2 steel wool.
- Their boots were buffed into black mirrors, the red bands around their caps looked like slashes of blood against the khaki.
Synonyms polish, burnish, rub up, rub, smooth, shine, wipe, clean - 1.1 Give (leather) a velvety finish by removing the surface of the grain.
给（皮革）上光 Example sentencesExamples - Processing can be carried out on full grain and buffed leather of any origin and on leather fibre materials.
- Many of the grain defects in a leather do not penetrate into the leather nearly to the depth of the grain layer, and can be entirely removed by buffing.
- The buffing operation also releases particulates, which may contain chromium. Leather tanning facilities, however, have not been viewed as sources of chromium emissions by the States in which they are located.
2informal Make (an element in a role-playing or video game) more powerful. there are cards that'll buff your troops
adjective bʌfbəf North American informal (of a person or their body) in good physical shape with well-developed muscles. 〈北美，非正式〉（人）身材好的，体形好的 the driver was a buff blond named March 司机金发碧眼，身材绝佳，名叫马奇。 Example sentencesExamples - Everyone knows each other, so there's friendly banter between Wayne the instructor and his group of out of shape ladies and one incredibly buff young man.
- And for the safety of you and your friends, hire the most buff lifeguard to man the stands on party day.
- A large buff man sat by a table collecting money.
- I looked into that face, that pale face, buff body, shaggy black hair, and red eyes.
- Napier started playing rugby again and getting into his current buff shape.
- Now, you can just go straight home - and still get a buff body even if you don't have a lot of time to spare.
- I discreetly passed it to the buff surfer boy next to me.
- Far ahead, a door opened and a buff man stepped out.
- The lecturer is a buff guy in his mid-forties with a husky voice, and he's standing next to a blowup mattress.
- Core strength is key to developing a beautiful, buff body from head to toe, says this month's featured trainer, Lisa Wheeler.
- The BMI does not distinguish between fat and muscle, so buff men are likely to be considered overweight.
- He worked in Honduras in the 1980s - a big, buff guy with a metal plate in his head.
- And then she saw the very buff man in a muscle shirt hovering over Trent, shouting words of motivation.
- Strengthening them is essential for, preventing injury as well as developing a buff upper body.
- More than 1,500 buff bodies from around the globe are expected to attend the world-class fitness event.
- He wasn't a buff guy, more lean than bulky, but he was still fit.
- Tomorrow's buff body loses out to the dread of today's workout, and a reduced risk of cancer is obscured by the pleasure of a cigarette.
- ‘They were big, buff guys in caps and sunglasses, and their guns were drawn,’ Williams says.
- It also led to the development of something which would be even more significant in his life, as he constantly illustrated the buff bodies of the heroes he came across in Homer's legendary tales.
- Maybe on the thin side, but he was still a buff guy.
Synonyms healthy, well, in good health
Phrases people generally don't go swimming in the buff in public places Example sentencesExamples - There's an added incentive to buffing in the buff: how her late mother would have disapproved.
- If you prefer your nudism, well, natural, why not get literally get back to nature with a stroll across England in the buff?
- Here's a hint, don't try gymnastics in the buff.
- I'm not implying we should all be in the buff all the time.
- Russia's top politicians regularly appear for interviews on this popular news show, and, yes, the interviewer is sitting there in the buff, asking serious questions as though all was normal.
- In 1998, in the early morning hours after Montreal's massive Black & Blue circuit party benders, a man awoke in an alley, in the buff, with no memory of who he was or where he came from.
- Some of us were doing real exams at university, and it was most distracting with all the girls wandering around in the buff.
- The stories featured mainly attractive young people with no perceptible acting talent or experience disporting themselves in the buff.
- The final breakthrough will be when people are making bets in the buff.
- Although rumors circulated saying she would appear completely in the buff, a spokesperson for the actress confirmed ‘She is certainly not nude.’
Synonyms naked, bare, nude, in the nude, stark naked, with nothing on, stripped, unclothed, undressed, uncovered, in a state of nature, disrobed, unclad, undraped, exposed
OriginMid 16th century: probably from French buffle, from Italian bufalo, from late Latin bufalus (see buffalo). The original sense in English was 'buffalo', later 'oxhide' or 'colour of oxhide'. The word buff originally meant ‘a buffalo or other type of wild ox’, and buff leather, often shortened to simply buff, was leather made from the hide of such an animal. This leather was very strong, with a pale yellowish-beige colour. It was used to make military uniforms, and so soldiers would be described as ‘wearing buff’ or ‘in buff’. The combination of these descriptions and the similarity of the leather's colour to that of a white person's skin led to in the buff, ‘naked’. The buff meaning ‘the bare skin’ dates from the mid 17th century. The slang sense ‘good-looking, fit, and attractive’, which appeared in California at the beginning of the 1980s, comes from the idea of ‘buffing’ or polishing something, originally with a cloth of buffalo leather. Another buff uniform gave rise to the buff who is enthusiastic and knowledgeable about a particular subject. The original buffs were, in the words of The New York Sun in 1903, ‘men and boys whose love of fires, fire-fighting, and firemen is a predominant characteristic’. The volunteer firemen in New York City formerly wore buff. The buff in the game blind man's buff is an old word for ‘a blow, a buffet’ which survives only in this context. It is not surprising that people want to change the word to something more familiar, and in America the game is called blind man's bluff. A buffet (Middle English) was originally a lighter buff. The idea of blows is also found in the buffer (mid 19th century) for a shock-absorbing piston. The sense of buffer found in old buffer comes from an old dialect word for someone who stuttered or spluttered.
Rhymesbluff, chough, chuff, cuff, duff, enough, fluff, gruff, guff, huff, luff, puff, rough, ruff, scruff, scuff, slough, snuff, stuff, Tough, tuff noun bʌfbəf informal with modifier A person who is enthusiastically interested in and very knowledgeable about a particular subject. 〈非正式〉爱好者，…迷 电脑迷。 Example sentencesExamples - An evening for film buffs and all those interested in exploring the elusive, unending question of the Indian identity.
- You don't need to be a film buff to enjoy the movies or a football fanatic to watch a game.
- But even devoted space buffs long ago lost interest in the shuttle program.
- For example, offering a net-based service costs very little and the expertise is often found among young computer buffs.
- To get you started, here are a few great ideas for everyone on your list from the yoga lover to the car enthusiast to the beauty buff.
- Observation shows that forged paintings are usually offered to novice art collectors, art buffs who are too lazy to learn about the subject or those who believe they are really knowledgeable in art matters.
- He is a film buff, theatre-goer, art connoisseur, reader and amateur boxing referee.
- Well, this Film Snob says you're not a film buff if you don't watch older movies.
- Young computer buffs are lining up to catch a rare glimpse of endangered red squirrels - by using quick ‘mouse’ action.
- Film music buffs will want more complete realizations of these scores, but the present CD is excellent and an economical purchase for more moderate types.
- An important story, the CD is ideal for history buffs, or anyone interested in the Sally Hemings-Thomas Jefferson story.
- But history buffs, particularly those interested in Southern history, will still find much to like - and learn - in Big Cotton.
- The main problem being that no matter how enthusiastically a wine buff describes their cheeky little wine from Anjou, the viewer is left unable to smell or taste it.
- It's the perfect partner for workout enthusiasts and exercise buffs!
- As film buffs know, sequels seldom live up to the original.
- Older readers of Cotswold history buff Dennis Hughes' latest book are guaranteed a musical trip down memory lane.
- Beyond the obvious implications for sci-fi buffs and other space enthusiasts, the episode sheds light on the versatility of free enterprise.
- Film theory buffs and nerds alike certainly will go rabid with delight at the mere notion that such a film exists for consumption.
- If you're a film score buff or someone interested in good 20th century music, this CD issue won't disappoint.
Synonyms enthusiast, fan, fanatic, devotee, addict, lover, admirer expert, connoisseur, aficionado, authority, pundit, cognoscente, one of the cognoscenti, savant informal freak, nut, fiend, maniac, ham, ninja North American informal maven, geek, nerd South African informal fundi
OriginEarly 20th century: from buff1, originally applied to enthusiastic fire-watchers, because of the buff uniforms formerly worn by New York volunteer firemen. nounbəfbəf 1A yellowish-beige color. 浅黄色，米色 as modifier a buff envelope Example sentencesExamples - Eight colours can be made out from the tapestry; the five main colours are blue-green, terracotta, light-green, buff and grey-blue.
- During the last financial year I have fallen into the unhealthy habit of not opening bills or indeed anything buff and brown with my name typed on it.
- Brick with blurred colors or flecks of color in earthy tones of red, brown, black and buff appear completely at home in a rustic setting.
- The breast and abdomen of the male were buff with heavy markings of dark brown to black.
- These are characterized by small villages of rectangular pit-houses, cremation of the dead, and plain grey or brown pottery, sometimes painted red on buff.
- Although they are commonly red or buff in colour with low contents of organic matter, their coloration is mainly of diagenetic origin and is not exclusive to these deposits.
- The whole room is a zebra pelt of black and white and that colour that has been the fashion staple for so long they've invented a dozen names for it - taupe, camel, fawn, buff.
- If you prefer lighter shades, pale blue and buff always look tremendous together.
- Pelage color varies considerably, but is usually some shade of brown, gray, or buff.
- Light-morph birds are generally brown above and pale brown or buff below, with a white chin, throat, and chest, and a dark belly - band.
- Body fur may be black, brown, grey, buff, red, white or multi-coloured, with many varieties of face markings.
- There are more than 200 varieties in many different colours including make-up shades like buff, rose, chocolate and cream.
- Today there are withy beds in the Southwest that produce willow withies in white, buff and brown.
- Juveniles are overall streaked brown and buff.
- The presence of certain chemicals, such as iron oxide or other organic and mineral impurities, affects the colour of the baked product, and the firing of terracotta may cause the colour to vary from light buff to deep red.
- In the raffle, if they call out ticket 315, chances are I'll have it, but in buff when they want blue.
- The white underside of this sparrow is streaked with buff and brown across the breast.
- Melanin, which provides a range of colors from gray to black, buff to red-brown and brown, provides camouflage for many birds and display colors for others.
- C. infundibuliformis is funnel-shaped, as the specific name indicates, and has a cap of variable colour: buff, ochre, brown, or reddish.
- Many of the seed-eating columbids are buff, grey and brown colors, while the fruit-eaters are often more brightly colored.
2A stout dull yellow leather with a velvety surface. 暗黄皮革 Example sentencesExamples - The buff coat was a standard piece of clothing for both the foot soldier and and the cavalryman. It offered moderate protection against blows from swords, but was ineffective against musket fire.
- Among others, there is an account of his exchanging the bishop's cassock for the buff jerkin of a ballad singer, and selling out his stock of ballads at a tavern.
- Officers were members of the gentry who did not wear a uniform but wore their own fine quality civilian clothes. They might wear a buff coat made of thick leather, with a small armour ‘gorget’ around their throat.
- Men know him as a lonely figure riding of a morning through Rock Creek Park, wearing an immense sombrero, kid gloves, buff waistcoat and an old riding coat.
3A stick, wheel, or pad used for polishing or smoothing. 擦拭轮（或棒，垫），抛光轮 Example sentencesExamples - Further, electrolytic polishing in a phosphoric acid solution or polishing with a buff can be conducted instead of the chemical polishing.
- The method of manufacturing a resin filled board according to claim 3, wherein said surfaces of said conductive layer are mechanically polished using a buff.
verbbəfbəf [with object]1Polish (something) 擦亮 he buffed the glass until it gleamed 他把玻璃一直擦到闪闪发亮。 Example sentencesExamples - The wooden floor is buffed to a cherry-red shine that lends a little jolliness.
- When placed against the hot glass, the pad steams and smokes, forming a layer of carbon that helps to buff the glass.
- Then, the blades are sintered at a temperature of over 1,000 degrees, surface finished, tumbled and buffed.
- The wooden slats are cut, sanded, buffed, and finished by hand before being stained or painted (in a wide variety of colors), and cotton is used for the tapes and cords.
- When I'm done I'll rub on a paste wax of some sort and buff the piece to a soft glow.
- As an 8-year-old entrepreneur, I collected golf balls, buffed them to a glossy shine and bartered them back to golf enthusiasts on the 14th hole.
- She smoothed paste wax on the old red linoleum and buffed it by hand.
- It must be thoroughly buffed, following directions on wax label.
- Waxed surface may be buffed occasionally to restore shine.
- Solvent removes dirt and old wax, and leaves a thin wax coating which must be buffed.
- After the first coat has dried it should be buffed with No. 2 steel wool.
- Once the iron sheet is buffed to give it the dull sheen the engraving work is taken up.
- Then it's just a matter of using another clean cloth to buff the wax off.
- Underneath, an orange jumper, a light jacket with a peachy-orange check, an orange handkerchief tucked into his pocket and the shiniest light-tan leather shoes, buffed to mirrored perfection.
- The most beautiful was a series of small graphite paintings, buffed to a dull sheen that recalls the surfaces of ancient mirrors.
- It must have taken me about ten minutes to select my favourite - and by that time, the chatty beautician had filed and buffed my fingernails, ready for painting.
- Their boots were buffed into black mirrors, the red bands around their caps looked like slashes of blood against the khaki.
- The makeup artist has smoothed and buffed the skin of his face, highlighting the wide planes of his cheekbones.
- This surface is then buffed and polished with ever finer materials, like lambs wool, until the characteristic lustre is achieved.
- So I shaved, brushed my teeth, deep-conditioned my hair, exfoliated, moisturised, filed and buffed my nails, and yet it still wasn't enough.
Synonyms polish, burnish, rub up, rub, smooth, shine, wipe, clean - 1.1 Give (leather) a velvety finish by removing the surface of the grain.
给（皮革）上光 Example sentencesExamples - The buffing operation also releases particulates, which may contain chromium. Leather tanning facilities, however, have not been viewed as sources of chromium emissions by the States in which they are located.
- Many of the grain defects in a leather do not penetrate into the leather nearly to the depth of the grain layer, and can be entirely removed by buffing.
- Processing can be carried out on full grain and buffed leather of any origin and on leather fibre materials.
2informal Make (an element in a role-playing or video game) more powerful. there are cards that'll buff your troops
adjectivebəfbəf North American informal Being in good physical shape with fine muscle tone. Example sentencesExamples - Maybe on the thin side, but he was still a buff guy.
- And then she saw the very buff man in a muscle shirt hovering over Trent, shouting words of motivation.
- He worked in Honduras in the 1980s - a big, buff guy with a metal plate in his head.
- Everyone knows each other, so there's friendly banter between Wayne the instructor and his group of out of shape ladies and one incredibly buff young man.
- I looked into that face, that pale face, buff body, shaggy black hair, and red eyes.
- Strengthening them is essential for, preventing injury as well as developing a buff upper body.
- He wasn't a buff guy, more lean than bulky, but he was still fit.
- The lecturer is a buff guy in his mid-forties with a husky voice, and he's standing next to a blowup mattress.
- Now, you can just go straight home - and still get a buff body even if you don't have a lot of time to spare.
- The BMI does not distinguish between fat and muscle, so buff men are likely to be considered overweight.
- It also led to the development of something which would be even more significant in his life, as he constantly illustrated the buff bodies of the heroes he came across in Homer's legendary tales.
- More than 1,500 buff bodies from around the globe are expected to attend the world-class fitness event.
- Tomorrow's buff body loses out to the dread of today's workout, and a reduced risk of cancer is obscured by the pleasure of a cigarette.
- A large buff man sat by a table collecting money.
- And for the safety of you and your friends, hire the most buff lifeguard to man the stands on party day.
- Far ahead, a door opened and a buff man stepped out.
- ‘They were big, buff guys in caps and sunglasses, and their guns were drawn,’ Williams says.
- Core strength is key to developing a beautiful, buff body from head to toe, says this month's featured trainer, Lisa Wheeler.
- I discreetly passed it to the buff surfer boy next to me.
- Napier started playing rugby again and getting into his current buff shape.
Synonyms healthy, well, in good health
PhrasesExample sentencesExamples - The stories featured mainly attractive young people with no perceptible acting talent or experience disporting themselves in the buff.
- There's an added incentive to buffing in the buff: how her late mother would have disapproved.
- The final breakthrough will be when people are making bets in the buff.
- I'm not implying we should all be in the buff all the time.
- Some of us were doing real exams at university, and it was most distracting with all the girls wandering around in the buff.
- In 1998, in the early morning hours after Montreal's massive Black & Blue circuit party benders, a man awoke in an alley, in the buff, with no memory of who he was or where he came from.
- Russia's top politicians regularly appear for interviews on this popular news show, and, yes, the interviewer is sitting there in the buff, asking serious questions as though all was normal.
- Although rumors circulated saying she would appear completely in the buff, a spokesperson for the actress confirmed ‘She is certainly not nude.’
- If you prefer your nudism, well, natural, why not get literally get back to nature with a stroll across England in the buff?
- Here's a hint, don't try gymnastics in the buff.
Synonyms naked, bare, nude, in the nude, stark naked, with nothing on, stripped, unclothed, undressed, uncovered, in a state of nature, disrobed, unclad, undraped, exposed
OriginMid 16th century: probably from French buffle, from Italian bufalo, from late Latin bufalus (see buffalo). The original sense in English was ‘buffalo’, later ‘oxhide’ or ‘color of oxhide’. nounbəfbəf informal with modifier A person who is enthusiastically interested in and very knowledgeable about a particular subject. 〈非正式〉爱好者，…迷 电脑迷。 Example sentencesExamples - An evening for film buffs and all those interested in exploring the elusive, unending question of the Indian identity.
- It's the perfect partner for workout enthusiasts and exercise buffs!
- As film buffs know, sequels seldom live up to the original.
- Young computer buffs are lining up to catch a rare glimpse of endangered red squirrels - by using quick ‘mouse’ action.
- For example, offering a net-based service costs very little and the expertise is often found among young computer buffs.
- Film theory buffs and nerds alike certainly will go rabid with delight at the mere notion that such a film exists for consumption.
- Beyond the obvious implications for sci-fi buffs and other space enthusiasts, the episode sheds light on the versatility of free enterprise.
- He is a film buff, theatre-goer, art connoisseur, reader and amateur boxing referee.
- An important story, the CD is ideal for history buffs, or anyone interested in the Sally Hemings-Thomas Jefferson story.
- Observation shows that forged paintings are usually offered to novice art collectors, art buffs who are too lazy to learn about the subject or those who believe they are really knowledgeable in art matters.
- The main problem being that no matter how enthusiastically a wine buff describes their cheeky little wine from Anjou, the viewer is left unable to smell or taste it.
- But even devoted space buffs long ago lost interest in the shuttle program.
- If you're a film score buff or someone interested in good 20th century music, this CD issue won't disappoint.
- Film music buffs will want more complete realizations of these scores, but the present CD is excellent and an economical purchase for more moderate types.
- To get you started, here are a few great ideas for everyone on your list from the yoga lover to the car enthusiast to the beauty buff.
- You don't need to be a film buff to enjoy the movies or a football fanatic to watch a game.
- Older readers of Cotswold history buff Dennis Hughes' latest book are guaranteed a musical trip down memory lane.
- Well, this Film Snob says you're not a film buff if you don't watch older movies.
- But history buffs, particularly those interested in Southern history, will still find much to like - and learn - in Big Cotton.
Synonyms enthusiast, fan, fanatic, devotee, addict, lover, admirer
OriginEarly 20th century: from buff, originally applied to enthusiastic fire-watchers, because of the buff uniforms formerly worn by New York volunteer firemen. |