tiff

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /tɪf/    美 /tɪf/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A (generally small) argument or disagreement; a petty quarrel, a spat. informal
    — My Lord and I have had another little—Tiff, ſhall I call it? It came not up to a quarrel. Married people vvould have enough to do, if they vvere to trouble their friends every time they miſunderſtood one another.
  2. Alternative letter-case form of TIFF (acronym of tagged image file format). alt-of,informal
  3. A small draught or sip of liquor (especially diluted or poor quality liquor) or punch. archaic,countable,informal,obsolete,slang
    — Come, Captain, let not your noble Courage be caſt dovvn; vvhat ſay you to a Glaſs of vvhite VVine, or a Tiff of Punch, by VVay of VVhet?
  4. The way in which one's body or hair is decked out or dressed. archaic,informal,obsolete,rare,slang
    — Did you mark the beau Tiff of his VVig, vvhat a deal of Pains he took to toſs it back, vvhen the very VVeight thereof vvas like to dravv him from his Seat?
  5. A brief outburst or period of bad temper; a snit; also (rare) any brief outburst (for example, of laughter). archaic,informal
    — [A]s if / Returning homevvards in a furious Tiff; / Your Hoſt declares, he's ſorry at his Heart, / And humbly acts the penitential Part.
  6. Liquor, especially diluted or poor quality liquor. archaic,informal,obsolete,slang,uncountable
    — By dint of drinking acid tiff, as above mentioned, and smoking segars, in which I am no novice, my Public are to be informed, that I gradually drank and smoked myself into a certain degree of acquaintance with un homme comme il faut [a proper man], one of the few fine old specimens of nobility who are still to be found in France; […]
动词 v.
  1. To be involved in a (generally small) argument or disagreement; to squabble. informal,intransitive
    — I very much indeed approve / Of maidens moderating love / Until they've twenty pounds; / […] / Until the twenty pounds were safe, / She tiff'd at Tim, she ran from Ralph, / Squire nodded … deuce a curtsy!
  2. Synonym of tiffin (“to eat a (light) midday meal or snack; to have lunch, to lunch”). British,India,informal,intransitive
    — Besides that one to which the permanent residence was attached, Mr. Augustus had several outlaying factories, which he visited from time to time, to superintend the manufacture of his indigo; at all of these he had little bungalows, or temporary abodes, where we tiffed and passed the heat of the day.
  3. To drink (liquor), especially slowly or in small amounts; to sip. archaic,informal,obsolete,slang,transitive
    — Nor did the Doctor fail to go / To the bright region of the Row; / There tiff'd his punch and talk'd and smok'd, / Was sometimes grave and sometimes jok'd; […]
  4. To deck out or dress (someone or oneself, or their body or hair). archaic,informal,obsolete,reflexive,slang
    — Is the Miſs under a force vvhen ſhe culls among her trinkets vvith curious toil to tiff herſelf out in the most engaging manner, or teazes pappa for money to buy a nevv-faſhioned ſilk?
  5. To deck out or dress one's body or hair. archaic,informal,intransitive,obsolete,slang
    — I never pin up my Hair vvith Proſe. I fancy ones Hair vvou'd not curl if it vvere pinn'd up vvith Proſe. […] Ay, poor Mincing tift and tift all the morning.

词形变化

tiffs plural tiffs present,singular,third-person tiffing participle,present tiffed participle,past tiffed past tiffs plural tiffs present,singular,third-person tiffing participle,present tiffed participle,past tiffed past tiffs plural tiffs present,singular,third-person tiffing participle,present tiffed participle,past tiffed past tiffs present,singular,third-person tiffing participle,present tiffed participle,past tiffed past tiffs plural

词汇关系

衍生词
lovers' tiff tiffish tiffy tift tiffing tiffle

词源

词源 1
The origin of the noun is unknown; it is possibly originally dialectal and may be onomatopoeic, representing the sound of a small puff of air or gas. The verb is derived from the noun.
词源 2
See TIFF.
词源 3
Probably a back-formation from or clipping of tiff(in) (“(light) midday meal or snack, luncheon”).
词源 4
The origin of the noun is unknown; it may be onomatopoeic, representing the sound of liquor being sipped. The verb is derived from the noun.
词源 5
From Middle English tiffen, tif, tiffe (“to adorn, dress up; to arrange (a hairstyle); to disguise”), from Old French tifer, tiffer (“to adorn, dress up”) (modern French attifer (“to deck out”)), from Frankish *tipfōn, *tippōn (“to decorate”), possibly related to Proto-Germanic *tuppaz (“plait of hair, tuft; summit, top”) (see the further etymology at that entry).
The noun is derived from the verb.
cognates
* Dutch tippen (“to clip the points or ends of the hair”)
* English tip (noun)
* Middle High German zipfen (“to bob; to flutter; to frisk, prance, skip; to sashay”)
* Old Norse tippa (“point, tip”)
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