fluff
n
1 [U]
(a) soft feathery pieces of material shed by blankets, etc (毛毯等落下的)绒毛
My best sweater is covered with fluff. 我那件最好的毛衣上满是绒毛.
(b) soft fur or down of animals or birds (禽兽的)绒毛.
2 [C] (infml 口) unsuccessful attempt at sth; mistake or blunder 未成功的尝试; 错误; 失误.
3 (idm 习语) 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 抖开某物; 抖松某物
fluff up the pillows 抖松枕头
The bird fluffed (out) its feathers. 那鸟抖抖身子蓬开羽毛.
2 [Tn] (infml 口) be unsuccessful at doing (sth); perform (sth) badly; bungle 未做成(某事物); 将(某事)搞坏; 出错
fluff a stroke, eg in golf 击球失误(如高尔夫球)
fluff one's lines in a play 说错剧中台词
He really fluffed his exams. 他的确考糟了.
Technology has totally changed our life over the past two decades.
在过去的二十年里,科学技术已经完全改变了我们的生活。
I've heard so much about you.
久仰大名。
Could any spectacle, for instance, be more grimly whimsical than that of gunners ourselves very seriously what will happen if this twofold use of knowledge, with its ever-increasing power, continues.