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muff
/ˈmʌf/
暖手筒,笨人,失誤(vt.)弄糟,錯過(vi.)行為笨拙
From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Muff
n.
1.
A
soft
cover
of
cylindrical
form
,
usually
of
fur
,
worn
by
women
to
shield
the
hands
from
cold
.
2.
Mech.
A
short
hollow
cylinder
surrounding
an
object
,
as
a
pipe
.
3.
Glass Manuf.
A
blown
cylinder
of
glass
which
is
afterward
flattened
out
to
make
a
sheet
.
4.
A
stupid
fellow
;
a
poor-spirited
person
. [
Colloq
.]
“A
muff
of
a
curate.”
5.
Baseball
A
failure
to
hold
a
ball
when
once
in
the
hands
.
6.
Zool.
The
whitethroat
. [
Prov
.
Eng
.]
From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Muff
,
v. t.
[
imp. &
p
. p.
Muffed
p.
pr
. &
vb
. n.
Muffing
.]
To
handle
awkwardly
;
to
fumble
;
to
fail
to
hold
,
as
a
ball
,
in
catching
it
.
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From:
WordNet (r) 2.0
muff
n
1:
a
warm
tubular
covering
for
the
hands
2: (
sports
)
dropping
the
ball
[
syn
:
fumble
]
v
1:
fail
to
catch
,
as
of
a
ball
2:
make
a
mess
of
,
destroy
or
ruin
; "
I
botched
the
dinner
and
we
had
to
eat
out
"; "
the
pianist
screwed
up
the
difficult
passage
in
the
second
movement
" [
syn
:
botch
,
bumble
,
fumble
,
botch up
,
blow
,
flub
,
screw up
,
ball up
,
spoil
,
muck up
,
bungle
,
fluff
,
bollix
,
bollix up
,
bollocks
,
bollocks up
,
bobble
,
mishandle
,
louse up
,
foul
up
,
mess up
,
fuck up
]
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