fluff
n
1 [U]
(a) soft feathery pieces of material shed by blankets, etc (毛毯等落下的)絨毛
My best sweater is covered with fluff. 我那件最好的毛衣上滿是絨毛.
(b) soft fur or down of animals or birds (禽獸的)絨毛.
2 [C] (infml 口) unsuccessful attempt at sth; mistake or blunder 未成功的嘗試; 錯(cuò)誤; 失誤.
3 (idm 習(xí)語) a bit of fluff => bit1. fluff, v
1 [Tn, Tn.p] ~ sth (out/up) shake sth into a soft full mass; puff or spread sth out lightly 抖開某物; 抖松某物
fluff up the pillows 抖松枕頭
The bird fluffed (out) its feathers. 那鳥抖抖身子蓬開羽毛.
2 [Tn] (infml 口) be unsuccessful at doing (sth); perform (sth) badly; bungle 未做成(某事物); 將(某事)搞壞; 出錯(cuò)
fluff a stroke, eg in golf 擊球失誤(如高爾夫球)
fluff one's lines in a play 說錯(cuò)劇中臺(tái)詞
He really fluffed his exams. 他的確考糟了.