ruff 音标拼音: [r'ʌf]
n . 出王牌,环状领
vt .
vi . 出王牌(胜过)
出王牌,环状领出王牌(胜过)
ruff n 1 :
an external body part consisting of feathers or hair about the neck of a bird or other animal [
synonym : {
frill }, {
ruff }]
2 :
a high tight collar [
synonym : {
choker }, {
ruff }, {
ruffle }, {
neck ruff }]
3 :
common Eurasian sandpiper ;
the male has an erectile neck ruff in breeding season [
synonym : {
ruff }, {
Philomachus pugnax }]
4 : (
card games )
the act of taking a trick with a trump when unable to follow suit [
synonym : {
ruff }, {
trumping }]
v 1 :
play a trump [
synonym : {
trump }, {
ruff }]
Ruff \
Ruff \ (
r [
u ^]
f ),
n . [
F .
ronfle ;
cf .
It .
ronfa ,
Pg .
rufa ,
rifa .] (
Card Playing )
(
a )
A game similar to whist ,
and the predecessor of it .
--
Nares .
(
b )
The act of trumping ,
especially when one has no card of the suit led .
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1913 Webster ]
Ruff \
Ruff \,
v .
i . &
t . (
Card Playing )
To trump .
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Ruff \
Ruff \,
n . [
Of uncertain origin :
cf .
Icel .
r [=
u ]
finn rough ,
uncombed ,
Pr .
ruf rude ,
rough ,
Sp .
rufo frizzed ,
crisp ,
curled ,
G .
raufen to pluck ,
fight ,
rupfen to pluck ,
pull ,
E .
rough . [
root ]
18 .
Cf . {
Ruffle }
to wrinkle .]
1 .
A muslin or linen collar plaited ,
crimped ,
or fluted ,
worn formerly by both sexes ,
now only by women and children .
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Here to -
morrow with his best ruff on . --
Shak .
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His gravity is much lessened since the late proclamation came out against ruffs ; . . .
they were come to that height of excess herein ,
that twenty shillings were used to be paid for starching of a ruff . --
Howell .
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2 .
Something formed with plaits or flutings ,
like the collar of this name .
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I reared this flower ; . . .
Soft on the paper ruff its leaves I spread . --
Pope .
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3 .
An exhibition of pride or haughtiness .
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How many princes . . .
in the ruff of all their glory ,
have been taken down from the head of a conquering army to the wheel of the victor '
s chariot ! --
L '
Estrange .
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4 .
Wanton or tumultuous procedure or conduct . [
Obs .]
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To ruffle it out in a riotous ruff . --
Latimer .
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5 . (
Mil .)
A low ,
vibrating beat of a drum ,
not so loud as a roll ;
a ruffle .
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6 . (
Mach .)
A collar on a shaft ot other piece to prevent endwise motion .
See Illust .
of {
Collar }.
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7 . (
Zool .)
A set of lengthened or otherwise modified feathers round ,
or on ,
the neck of a bird .
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8 . (
Zool .)
(
a )
A limicoline bird of Europe and Asia ({
Pavoncella pugnax },
syn . {
Philomachus pugnax })
allied to the sandpipers .
The males during the breeding season have a large ruff of erectile feathers ,
variable in their colors ,
on the neck ,
and yellowish naked tubercles on the face .
They are polygamous ,
and are noted for their pugnacity in the breeding season .
The female is called {
reeve },
or {
rheeve }.
(
b )
A variety of the domestic pigeon ,
having a ruff of its neck .
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1913 Webster ]
Ruff \
Ruff \,
v .
t . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Ruffed };
p .
pr . &
vb .
n .
{
Ruffing }.]
1 .
To ruffle ;
to disorder . --
Spenser .
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2 . (
Mil .)
To beat with the ruff or ruffle ,
as a drum .
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3 . (
Hawking )
To hit ,
as the prey ,
without fixing it .
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4 . (
Card Playing )
To play a trump card at bridge ;
as ,
he ruffed his partner '
s ace .
[
PJC ]
Ruff
Ruff \
Ruff \,
Ruffe \
Ruffe \,
n . [
OE .
ruffe .] (
Zool .)
A small freshwater European perch ({
Acerina vulgaris }); --
called also {
pope }, {
blacktail },
and {
stone perch },
or {
striped perch }.
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Ruffle \
Ruf "
fle \,
n . [
See {
Ruffle },
v .
t . &
i .]
1 .
That which is ruffled ;
specifically ,
a strip of lace ,
cambric ,
or other fine cloth ,
plaited or gathered on one edge or in the middle ,
and used as a trimming ;
a frill .
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2 .
A state of being ruffled or disturbed ;
disturbance ;
agitation ;
commotion ;
as ,
to put the mind in a ruffle .
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3 . (
Mil .)
A low ,
vibrating beat of a drum ,
not so loud as a roll ; --
called also {
ruff }. --
H .
L .
Scott .
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4 . (
Zool .)
The connected series of large egg capsules ,
or oothecae ,
of any one of several species of American marine gastropods of the genus {
Fulgur }.
See {
Ootheca }.
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{
Ruffle of a boot },
the top turned down ,
and scalloped or plaited . --
Halliwell .
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Trump \
Trump \,
n . [
A corruption of triumph ,
F .
triomphe .
See {
Triumph },
and cf . {
Trump }
a trumpet .]
1 .
A winning card ;
one of a particular suit (
usually determined by chance for each deal )
any card of which takes any card of the other suits .
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2 .
An old game with cards ,
nearly the same as whist ; --
called also {
ruff }. --
Decker .
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3 .
A good fellow ;
an excellent person . [
Slang ]
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Alfred is a trump ,
I think you say . --
Thackeray .
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{
To put to one '
s trumps },
or {
To put on one '
s trumps },
to force to the last expedient ,
or to the utmost exertion .
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But when kings come so low as to fawn upon philosophy ,
which before they neither valued nor understood ,
it is a sign that fails not ,
they are then put to their last trump . --
Milton .
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Put the housekeeper to her trumps to accommodate them . --
W .
Irving .
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94 Moby Thesaurus words for "
ruff ":
ace ,
barrage ,
beat ,
beating ,
best bower ,
bower ,
cards ,
clubs ,
crease ,
crimp ,
crisp ,
deck ,
deuce ,
diamonds ,
dog -
ear ,
double ,
double over ,
drum ,
drum music ,
drumbeat ,
drumfire ,
drumming ,
dummy ,
enfold ,
face cards ,
flounce ,
flush ,
flute ,
flutter ,
fold ,
fold over ,
frill ,
full house ,
gather ,
hand ,
hearts ,
infold ,
interfold ,
jack ,
joker ,
king ,
knave ,
lap over ,
left bower ,
pack ,
pair ,
palpitation ,
paradiddle ,
patter ,
picture cards ,
pitapat ,
pitter -
patter ,
plait ,
plat ,
playing cards ,
pleat ,
plicate ,
ply ,
pound ,
pounding ,
pulsation ,
queen ,
quill ,
rat -
a -
tat ,
rat -
tat ,
rat -
tat -
tat ,
rataplan ,
rattattoo ,
roll ,
round ,
royal flush ,
rub -
a -
dub ,
rubber ,
ruffle ,
singleton ,
spades ,
spatter ,
splutter ,
sputter ,
staccato ,
straight ,
tat -
tat ,
tattoo ,
throb ,
throbbing ,
thrum ,
thumping ,
tom -
tom ,
trey ,
trick ,
trump ,
tuck ,
turn over ,
twill
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