ruff

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++

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ruff /rʌf/ noun [countable]  1. DCCa stiff circular white collar, worn in the 16th century 飞边〔流行于16世纪的一种白色轮状硬领〕2. HBBa circle of feathers or fur around the neck of an animal or bird 〔兽的〕颈毛；〔鸟的〕颈羽

Examples from the Corpus

ruff• Ruff ruff ruff ruff ruff ruff ruff ruff ruff ruff!• He was a stout man with a bald crown round which a ruff of brown hair grew thickly.• No Elizabethan dandy ever sported a finer ruff.• Seven ruff, without as yet their elaborate courtship adornments, fed at the northern tip of a tyke.• These actions cause the eye, beak and face to vanish beneath the shaggy white ruff.Origin ruff (1500-1600) Probably from → RUFFLE1

ruff nounChinese  

white stiff 16th the circular a in collar, worn Corpus century

ruff
ruff /rʌf/ noun [countable]1. a stiff circular white collar, worn in the 16th century
2. a circle of feathers or fur around the neck of an animal or bird

ruffBrE /rʌf/ 🔊NAmE /rʌf/ 🔊 nouna ring of coloured or marked feathers or fur around the neck of a bird or an animal 翎颌（鸟兽的环形彩色项毛）a wide stiff white collar with many folds in it, worn especially in the 16th and 17th centuries 飞边（尤盛行于 16 和 17 世纪的白色轮状皱领）