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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++eff /ef/ verb [intransitive] British English spoken informal  1 effing and blinding spoken informal SWEARswearing 诅咒 Did you hear her effing and blinding at him? 你听见她咒骂他吗?2. eff off! spoken informal TELL/ORDER somebody TO DO somethingused to tell someone to go away instead of saying fuck off 滚蛋! effing
Examples from the Corpus
effFeminism has served its purpose and should now eff off.He can only tell me to eff off.
Origin eff (1900-2000) f, the first letter of fuck
eff verbChinese
swearing Corpus


eff
eff /ef/ verb [intransitive] British English spoken informal
 Date: 1900-2000
 Origin: f, the first letter of fuck
1. effing and blinding swearing:
    Did you hear her effing and blinding at him?
2. eff off! used to tell someone to go away instead of saying fuck off
effing


effBrE /ef/ 🔊NAmE /ef/ 🔊 verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they eff BrE /ef/ 🔊 NAmE /ef/ 🔊present simple - he / she / it effs BrE /efs/ 🔊 NAmE /efs/ 🔊past simple effed BrE /eft/ 🔊 NAmE /eft/ 🔊past participle effed BrE /eft/ 🔊 NAmE /eft/ 🔊 -ing form effing BrE /ˈefɪŋ/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈefɪŋ/ 🔊eff and ˈblind(BrE, informal) to use swear words 咒骂;诅咒There was a lot of effing and blinding going on. 咒骂声没完没了。🔊🔊 ˌeff ˈoff(taboo, BrE) a rude way of telling sb to go away, used instead of 'fuck off' 滚蛋,滚开(代替 fuck off)   see also effing