rebuff

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A sudden resistance or refusal.
    — He was surprised by her quick rebuff to his proposal.
  2. Repercussion, or beating back.
    — the strong rebuff of some tumultuous cloud
动词 v.
  1. To refuse; to offer sudden or harsh resistance; to turn down or shut out. transitive
    — The plaque (2014) doesn't tell you that Leonard [Woolf] had initially been rebuffed. His intended proposal was refused by Virginia [Woolf to be], who then had a change of heart.
  2. To buff again. transitive

词形变化

rebuffs plural rebuffs present,singular,third-person rebuffing participle,present rebuffed participle,past rebuffed past rebuffs present,singular,third-person rebuffing participle,present rebuffed participle,past rebuffed past

词源

词源 1
From obsolete French rebuffer, from Middle French rebuffer (compare French rebiffer (“to rise up, revolt”)), from Italian ribuffare.
词源 2
Etymology tree
Proto-Italic *wre-
Latin re-der.
Old French re-bor.
Middle English re-
English re-
English buff
English rebuff
From re- + buff.
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