Word · Frequency #20458
fluff
绒毛；软毛；蓬松物；细毛
Soft light material, such as fur, hair, feathers, or lint.
- 1.
Anything light, soft or fuzzy, especially fur, hair, feathers.
轻软蓬松的东西,尤指绒毛、毛发、羽毛
- 2.
any light downy material
任何轻软的绒毛材料
- 3.
Anything inconsequential or superficial.
无关紧要的东西；肤浅之物
- 4.
something of little value or significance
无价值或意义的事物
- 5.
A passive partner in a lesbian relationship.
女同性恋关系中的被动方
- 6.
a blunder (especially an actor's forgetting the lines)
失误(尤指演员忘词)
无实质内容的东西；空话；花架子；失误；（演员）忘词；（旧俚语）女同性恋关系中被动的一方；轻软蓬松的东西,尤指绒毛、毛发、羽毛；任何轻软的绒毛材料
In use
The cleaner removed the fluff from the wool sweater.
The article was full of fluff and lacked real substance.
The kitten's fur was soft and covered in tiny fluffs.
a piece of fluff
There was a piece of fluff on her sweater.
她的毛衣上有一团绒毛。
covered in fluff
The carpet was covered in fluff after the dog lay on it.
狗躺过之后，地毯上全是绒毛。
fluff from sth
He brushed the fluff from his coat.
他刷掉大衣上的绒毛。
Connections
Collocations
- a ball of fluff
- 一小团绒毛；毛茸茸的一团
- The kitten was a tiny ball of fluff.那只小猫是毛茸茸的一小团。
- covered in fluff
- 沾满绒毛的；满是绒毛的
- His black coat was covered in fluff.他的黑色外套上沾满了绒毛。
- dust and fluff
- 灰尘和绒毛
- Old sweaters gathered dust and fluff in the attic.旧毛衣在阁楼上积满了灰尘和绒毛。
- fluff piece
- 无实质内容的报道；花絮文章
- The magazine published a fluff piece about the celebrity's wedding.该杂志刊登了一篇关于这位名人婚礼的花絮文章。
Idioms & figurative uses
- a bit of fluff
- 无关紧要的东西；肤浅的消遣The book is a bit of fluff, but it's perfect for a rainy afternoon.这本书虽然没什么深度，但很适合下雨的下午读。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想 fluffy（毛茸茸的）去掉 y 就是 fluff，指羽毛毛发那种轻软蓬松的绒毛；也可记‘空话 fluff’，像绒毛一样没分量。
Context & Register
语域：mixed 常见场景：日常聊天（宠物、衣物、枕头等）、非正式评价（文章、讲话、作品）、口语谈演出忘词或出错 fluff 作名词时，本义指轻软蓬松的绒毛或毛絮，通常多用于日常口语和一般书面语；引申指空洞、无实质的内容或指失误时，则比较常见于非正式语境。使用时应结合具体搭配和场合判断它指‘绒毛’还是‘空话/失误’。
Pronunciation & Spelling
与 fluff /flʌf/ 押韵的词包括 stuff、puff、rough、tough、enough，它们的重读元音和后面的辅音都是 /ʌf/。注意拼写：stuff、puff 与 fluff 同样以 -uff 结尾；rough、tough、enough 的 -ough 也读 /ʌf/。警告：laugh 拼写类似，但读音是 /læf/（美式），并不押韵；cough 读 /kɒf/，也不押韵。
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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