cuff

cuff

英 [kʌf]
　　美 [kʌf]

n. 袖口，褲子翻邊；手銬；一巴掌
　　vt. 給…上袖口；用巴掌打；給…帶上手銬
　　vi. 毆鬥，拳擊
　　n. (Cuff)人名；(法)屈夫；(英)卡夫

中文詞源：

cuff 袖口

詞源不確定，可能同cap,帽子。

例句：

1. I didn't mean any offence. It was a flippant, off-the-cuff remark.
我本無意冒犯，那不過是句脫口而出的冒失話。

2. Mr Baker was speaking off the cuff when he made those suggestions.
貝克先生臨時提出那些建議。

3. He gave the dog a cuff.
他輕輕地拍瞭拍那條狗。

4. Superintendent Seegrave and Sergeant Cuff, representing the social control of crime, can not handle the case.
主管Seegrave和警官Cuff, 代表著對罪惡的社會控制, 不能處理案件.

5. On the contrary, with shrewdness and knowledge , Sergeant Cuff is a famous city policeman.
正相反, 機警又博學,警官Cuff是一個著名的城市警察.