daff

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /dæf/   

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A fool; an idiot; a blockhead.
  2. Clipping of daffodil. UK,abbreviation,alt-of,clipping,informal
    — Get your daffs here - £2 a bunch.
  3. Alternative form of daf (“type of drum”). alt-of,alternative
    — Thus, there is considerable debate going on among Chaush whether performing daff music is in accordance with Islamic law or not,
  4. A preparation of gypsum once used to adulterate food products. obsolete,uncountable
动词 v.
  1. To be foolish; make sport; play; toy. Scotland,intransitive
    — We'll hauld our court mid the roaring lins, And daff in the lashan' tide
  2. To toss (aside); to dismiss. transitive
    — DON PEDRO. I would she had bestowed this dotage on me; I would have daffed all other respects and made her half myself.
  3. To daunt. UK,dialectal,obsolete
    — Young Tam came up and eyed me quick With reddened cheek—Braw Tam was daffed like a chick—He could na speak—Ah Marie they are all gane hame
  4. To turn (someone) aside; divert. transitive

词形变化

daffs plural daffs present,singular,third-person daffing participle,present daffed participle,past daffed past daffs present,singular,third-person daffing participle,present daffed participle,past daffed past daffs plural daffs plural

词汇关系

衍生词
daffing daffle

词源

词源 1
From Middle English daf, daffe (“fool, idiot”), from Old Norse daufr (“deaf, stupid”), from Proto-Germanic *daubaz (“deaf, stunned”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewbʰ- (“to whisk, whirl, smoke, be obscure”). Doublet of deaf, dof, and dowf. Cognate with Swedish döv (“deaf”), Danish døv (“deaf, stupid”). More at deaf.
词源 2
From Middle English daffen (“to render foolish”), from daf, daffe (“fool, idiot”). See above.
词源 3
Variant of doff.
词源 4
From daffodil.
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