muff

英 [mʌf]

美 [mʌf]

n.  暖手筒; 皮手筒
v.  错过(机会); 做错

过去式：muffed　复数：muffs　现在分词：muffing　第三人称单数：muffs　过去分词：muffed　

BNC.34687 / COCA.26821

牛津词典

noun

• 暖手筒；皮手筒
  a short tube of fur or other warm material that you put your hands into to keep them warm in cold weather

verb

• 错过（机会）；做错
  to miss an opportunity to do sth well
  1. He muffed his lines (= he forgot them or said them wrongly) .
     他忘了台词。
  2. It was a really simple shot, and I muffed it.
     这确实是一记简单的射门，而我竟然没射进。

柯林斯词典

• VERB 把…弄糟;做…时出差错
  If youmuffsomething, you do it badly or you make a mistake while you are doing it, so that it is not successful.
  1. He muffed his opening speech.
     他的开幕讲话搞砸了。
  2. ...a muffed opportunity.
     错失的机会
• (防寒用的)毛皮短筒，手笼
  Amuffis a piece of fur or thick cloth shaped like a short hollow cylinder. You wear a muff on your hands to keep them warm in cold weather.
• muffs 同 earmuffs
  Muffsare the same asearmuffs.

英英释义

noun

• (sports) dropping the ball
  Synonym:fumble
• a warm tubular covering for the hands

verb

• make a mess of, destroy or ruin
  1. I botched the dinner and we had to eat out
  2. the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement
  Synonym:botchbodgebumblefumblebotch upblowflubscrew upball upspoilmuck upbunglefluffbollixbollix upbollocksbollocks upbobblemishandlelouse upfoul upmess upfuck up
• fail to catch, as of a ball

双语例句

• Don't muff your chance to earn a promotion.
  别放过升级机会。
• In order to braze hydraulic guide tubes for instance the straight to elbow muff joint, a semiautomatic brazing machine with multiple air-acetylene flame nozzles has been developed which can provide mechanical operation for brazing process and guarantee the brazing quality.
  针对液压导管中直管与弯管或直管与直管套接的钎焊接头，研制了空气-乙炔半自动火焰钎焊机。使用多嘴火焰焊枪，可实现机械化操作，并保证焊接质量。
• "Ah, you've come!" she said, and drew her hand from her muff.
  “啊，你来啦！”她说着，从手筒里抽出手来。
• Three, value of energy? The some cat live to leap disorderly jump, have of geniality muff.
  重视它的精力吗？有的猫活蹦乱跳，有的则温和迟钝。
• Theory and design of manipulator hand with elastic expanding muff
  弹性胀套式机械手手部的结构和原理
• It was safe to adopt high-strength bolt connection for sectional webs and muff couplings for concrete reinforcement bars at the position of splice between the joint cores and beams.
  节点核心部分和梁拼接部位的型钢腹板采用高强螺栓连接、钢筋采用套管连接的构造方式是安全的。
• Daily Muff Potter's gratitude made Tom glad he had spoken;
  在白天，莫夫-波特的感谢使汤姆很高兴自己能说出事实真相；
• McDermott and others like him would come and go. by somebody as belonging to Muff Potter--
  麦克德莫特之类的人可能饭碗靠不它是莫夫？波特的。
• A gory knife had been found close to the murdered man, and it had been recognized by somebody as belonging to Muff Potter& so the story ran.
  据传闻，人们在死人的附近发现了一把带血的刀，经人辨认说它是莫夫-波特的。
• But before they can summon the nerve to come forward, Muff Potter is blamed for the crime.
  但在他们鼓起勇气挺身而出之前，穆夫.波特却背了黑锅。