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Fluff

冬天着冷衫、毛毛頸巾,軟綿綿,真的很舒適。不過,毛絮(fluff)黏到其他衣服和手袋上,很難看;黏到臉上,又好癢。

名詞fluff解「毛絮、蓬鬆毛團」,例如,It's totally annoying that I have to constantly brush the fluff off my coat.(我要不斷刷掉外套上的毛絮,非常惱人。)

Fluff也可以用作動詞,指「拍鬆」,常用fluff up something或者fluff something up。例句︰One of the easiest ways you can fluff up your pillows is by hand.(最容易拍鬆枕頭的方法之一,就是用手。)There isn't enough baking powder to fluff the cake up.(沒有足夠的蘇打粉使蛋糕鬆軟。)

Fluff加上字尾-y,可以變成形容詞fluffy,解「毛茸茸的、覆有絨毛的、鬆軟的」。例如,fluffy toys(毛絨玩具)、fluffy pillows(蓬鬆的枕頭)、fluffy cakes(鬆軟的蛋糕)。

Fluff還有一個與「毛絮、蓬鬆」毫無關係的意思,指「唸錯台詞」。例句︰The actor was not serious at all and fluffed his lines.(那演員根本不認真,所以唸錯台詞。)

(本欄逢周一、三、五刊登)

撰文: Ally 最漂亮英文專業老師
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