duffer
英 ['dʌfə]
美['dʌfɚ]
- n. 笨蛋；不明道理的人；骗人货
- vt. 使淘金失败
- vi. 淘金失败
词态变化
复数: duffers;
中文词源
duffer 笨蛋
词源同deaf, 原义为聋子。后用于骂人话，傻瓜蛋，笨蛋，尤其是高尔兰球手。
英英释意
- 1. an incompetent or clumsy person;
- "as a golfer he was only a duffer"
英文词源
- duffer
- duffer: see deaf
- duffer (n.)
- "inept person; old man," especially "bad golfer," 1842, perhaps from Scottish duffar "dull or stupid person," from dowf "stupid," literally "deaf," from Old Norse daufr, with pejorative suffix -art. Or perhaps from 18c. thieves' slang duff (v.) "to dress or manipulate an old thing and make it look new."
实用场景例句
- Waugh was a duffer at cricket.
- 沃的板球打得很臭。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- As a golfer he was only a duffer.
- 他对于玩高尔夫球来说是个门外汉.
期刊摘选
- I thought you were hurt by Edward's saying you were a duffer and a beginner.
- 我认为你是被爱德华说是笨蛋和新手的话所伤害了.
辞典例句
- He said he wasn't like that at Blackburn and Duffer was at Blackburn a long time.
- 他说他在布莱克本的时候就不喜欢这样,他在那里待了很久.
期刊摘选
- He is a duffer at golf.
- 他不善于打高尔夫球.
辞典例句
- About morals , I mean , of course, you can't beat the old duffer.
- 道德方面的问题, 你当然糊弄不了那笨蛋.
辞典例句
- I was always a bit of a duffer at maths.
- 我在数学方面总是有点笨.
期刊摘选
- Aw , let me go, she exclaimed angrily. Duffer. He only grinned Broadly in return.
- “呸, 松手! ”她愤怒地叫了起来,“你这个笨蛋. ”他咧嘴一笑,作为回答.
期刊摘选
- " Aw, let me go,'she exclaimed angrily . " Duffer. "
- “ 呸, 松手! " 她愤怒地叫了起来,"你这个笨蛋.
英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹
- Waugh was a duffer at cricket.
- 沃的板球打得很臭。
柯林斯例句