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词汇 muff
释义 muff
noun[ C ]
uk /mʌf/ us /mʌf/

muffnoun[C] (HAND WARMER)


a short tube of fur or warm cloth, used by women in the past to keep their hands warm in cold weather(旧时妇女防寒用的)暖手筒,手笼
 
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Gloves & accessories
aviator glasses
bandeau
bell
boutonniere
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buttonhole
eyewear
fascinator
fingerless
glove
gloved
handkerchief
mitten
parasol
pashmina
pocket handkerchief
rosette
tiepin
umbrella
utility belt

muffnoun[C] (MISTAKE)


especially in sport, a mistake, a dropped catch, or a badly performed action:
His World Series muff lives in infamy.
One of the scratch runs was thanks to Rodriguez's muff of an easy bouncer in the sixth.
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at-risk
backbencher
balls (something) up
be on your beam endsidiom
blow (someone/something) up
bomb
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flog a dead horseidiom
flop
flub
flunk out
founder
mess
running on emptyidiom
sclerotic
screw
screw (something) up
sign someone's death warrant
muff
verb[ T ]
 informaluk /mʌf/ us /mʌf/
to spoil an opportunity or do something badly: 错过(机会);把…弄糟
I only had two lines in the whole play and I muffed them.整个剧里我只有两句台词,却还说得一团糟。
Synonyms
botch
mess(something) upinformal
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fluff
in sport, to fail to catch a ball or to perform an action badly:
Williams muffed the handover, preventing the US team from even finishing the 4x100 relay.
Samuel muffed his tackle, and Johnson scored from six yards.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Failing and doing badly
abjectly
at-risk
backbencher
balls (something) up
be on your beam endsidiom
blow (someone/something) up
bomb
egg
flog
flog a dead horseidiom
flop
flub
flunk out
founder
mess
running on emptyidiom
sclerotic
screw
screw (something) up
sign someone's death warrant

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Damaging and spoiling
Competing in sport

muff | American Dictionary


muff
verb[ T ]
 infmlus/mʌf/
to fail to catch a ball, or do something badly:
She muffed her lines in her first stage appearance.
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