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duff

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++duff1 /dʌf/ noun [countable]  1American English informal the part of your body that you sit on 屁股 SYN bottom Get off your duff (=stop sitting or stop being lazy) and help me! 别坐着不动,来帮我忙!
Examples from the Corpus
duffEven if she didn't spot that her sister was up the duff, she must have known her mum wasn't.
duff2 adjective British English informal  1.BROKENbad or useless 坏了的;无用的
Examples from the Corpus
duffA Godsend for anyone who has to submit work as it gets rid of the chance of sending a duff disk.This has been a duff year for him: the runs have flowed like treacle, and Dame Fortune has turned sour.
duff3 verb  1.duff somebody ↔ up phrasal verb British English informal FIGHTto fight someone and injure them 痛打〔某人〕,殴伤〔某人〕→ See Verb table
Examples from the Corpus
duffFor a small fee, usually a week's tuck allowance, she would duff up any victim selected.
Origin duff1 (1800-1900) dough duff2 (1800-1900) Perhaps from duffer
that the your body Corpus sit you on part of


duff
I
duff1 /dʌf/ noun [countable]
 Date: 1800-1900
 Origin: dough
American English informal the part of your body that you sit on
   SYN  bottom:
    Get off your duff (=stop sitting or stop being lazy) and help me!

II
duff2 adjective British English informal
 Date: 1800-1900
 Origin: Perhaps from duffer
bad or useless

III
duff3 verb
     
duff somebody ↔ up phrasal verb British English informal
  to fight someone and injure them


duffBrE /dʌf/ 🔊NAmE /dʌf/ 🔊 adjective(BrE, informal) useless; that does not work as it should 无用的;失灵的;出故障的He sold me a duff radio. 他卖给我一台不响的收音机。🔊🔊
duffBrE /dʌf/ 🔊NAmE /dʌf/ 🔊 noun(NAmE, informal) a person's bottom 屁股up the ˈduff(BrE, slang) pregnant 怀孕He got her up the duff. 他使她怀孕了。🔊🔊
duffBrE /dʌf/ 🔊NAmE /dʌf/ 🔊 verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they duff BrE /dʌf/ 🔊 NAmE /dʌf/ 🔊present simple - he / she / it duffs BrE /dʌfs/ 🔊 NAmE /dʌfs/ 🔊past simple duffed BrE /dʌft/ 🔊 NAmE /dʌft/ 🔊past participle duffed BrE /dʌft/ 🔊 NAmE /dʌft/ 🔊 -ing form duffing BrE /ˈdʌfɪŋ/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈdʌfɪŋ/ 🔊 ˌduff sb↔ˈup(BrE, informal) to hit or kick sb severely 痛击;猛踢;毒打 SYN beat up