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fuzzy

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++fuzz·y /ˈfʌzi/ adjective  1 CLEAR/EASY TO SEEif a sound or picture is fuzzy, it is unclear 〔声音或图片〕模糊的 blurred Some of the photos were so fuzzy it was hard to tell who was who. 有些照片模糊不清,看不出谁是谁。2 CLEAR/EASY TO SEEunclear or confused 糊涂的,不明确的 OPP clear There’s a fuzzy line between parents’ and schools’ responsibilities. 家长与学校之间划定责任的界线很模糊。3 HBAHBHcovered with soft short hair or fur 毛茸茸的 I stroked the kitten’s fuzzy back. 我抚摸着小猫毛茸茸的背。4. fuzzy hair is very curly and sticks straight up 〔头发〕卷曲的fuzzily adverbfuzziness noun [uncountable]
Examples from the Corpus
fuzzyThis matters most in fuzzy, creative processes such as product development.a fuzzy hatIts bare patches glimmered in the fuzzy light.Clarence had only a few fuzzy memories of his grandparents.Nectarines are a smooth skinned variety of the fuzzy peach, and are usually a deeper, red-orange colour.The wing, I found, had inadequate focus and a fuzzy sense of purpose.a fuzzy snapshotPolice have only a fuzzy videotape of the bank robbery.
Origin fuzzy (1600-1700) Perhaps from Low German fussig loose
fuzz·y adjectiveChineseSyllable
is if unclear or picture fuzzy, it Corpus is a sound


fuzzy
fuzzy /ˈfʌzi/ adjective
 Date: 1600-1700
 Origin: Perhaps from Low German fussig 'loose'
1. if a sound or picture is fuzzy, it is unclear ⇨ blurred:
    Some of the photos were so fuzzy it was hard to tell who was who.
2. unclear or confused
   OPP  clear:
    There’s a fuzzy line between parents’ and schools’ responsibilities.
3. covered with soft short hair or fur:
    I stroked the kitten’s fuzzy back.
4. fuzzy hair is very curly and sticks straight up
—fuzzily adverb
—fuzziness noun [uncountable]


fuzzyBrE /ˈfʌzi/ 🔊NAmE /ˈfʌzi/ 🔊 adjective (fuzz·ier, fuzzi·est) covered with short soft fine hair or fur 覆有绒毛的;毛茸茸的 SYN downy (of hair 毛发) in a mass of tight curls 紧鬈的;拳曲的not clear in shape or sound (形状或声音)模糊不清的 SYN blurred a fuzzy image模糊的形象The soundtrack is fuzzy in places. 这电影声带有些地方模糊不清。🔊🔊confused and not expressed clearly 糊涂的;含混不清的fuzzy ideas/thinking 糊涂的想法/思想 fuzz·ily BrE /ˈfʌzəli/ 🔊NAmE /ˈfʌzəli/ 🔊 adverb fuzzi·ness BrE /ˈfʌzinəs/ 🔊NAmE /ˈfʌzinəs/ 🔊 noun [uncountable]