Word · Frequency #17124
duff
水果干布丁
a thick, steamed or boiled flour pudding, typically containing dried fruit such as currants, raisins, or citron
- 1.
A stiff flour pudding, often with dried fruit, boiled in a cloth bag, or steamed.
- 2.
Coal dust, especially that left after screening or combined with other small, unsaleable bits of coal.
- 3.
A pudding-style dessert, especially one made with plums or (in the Bahamas) guavas.
- 4.
Fine and dry coal in small pieces, usually anthracite.
- 5.
Something spurious or fake; a counterfeit; a worthless thing; a defective thing.
细煤；煤屑；无用的东西
In use
My grandmother used to make a traditional duff with raisins and citron every winter.
The recipe says to steam the duff for two hours before serving it with custard.
At the village fair, several duffs were sold from a stall near the church.
a duff
作名词指水果干布丁时，duff 是可数名词。
We had a duff with raisins and citron for dessert.
我们吃了一个带葡萄干和柠檬皮的水果干布丁当甜点。
some duff
作名词指细煤、煤屑或无用的东西时，duff 是不可数名词，可用 some 修饰。
They burned some duff in the stove to keep warm.
他们在炉子里烧了一些煤屑来取暖。
duff sth
作动词时，duff 是及物动词，意为“把……弄得像新的一样”。
Connections
Collocations
- spotted duff
- 果干布丁
- At the school dinner, we often had spotted duff with custard.在学校吃晚餐时，我们经常吃果干布丁配蛋奶糊。
- plum duff
- 葡萄干布丁
- Plum duff was a favorite pudding in the old navy.葡萄干布丁是旧时海军喜爱的布丁。
- figgy duff
- 无花果布丁
- This figgy duff recipe comes from a small Cornish village.这个无花果布丁食谱来自一个康沃尔小村庄。
- steamed duff
- 蒸布丁
- A steamed duff is soft and moist, perfect for a cold day.蒸布丁柔软湿润，是寒冷天气的完美选择。
- boiled duff
- 煮布丁
- The old recipe calls for a boiled duff served with syrup.这个老食谱要求煮布丁配糖浆食用。
- Christmas duff
Learner notes
Memory Tip
记忆联想：duff 与 puff 同韵，puff 是轻巧的泡芙，duff 是厚实的水果干布丁，一轻一重，对比记。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：dessert recipes、culinary writing 该词通常指蒸或煮的硬面粉布丁，常加入葡萄干、提子干等果干；多用于传统甜点食谱或老式菜谱中，日常口语里较少见。
Pronunciation & Spelling
这些词都与 duff 押韵，且拼写均以 -uff 结尾，读 /ʌf/。注意 rough、tough、enough 也读 /ʌf/，但拼写是 -ough；cough 的 -ough 读 /kɒf/，与 duff 不同音。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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