tiff
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编辑本义为“闻”；对比冰岛语中表示气味的词。
名词
编辑tiff (复数 tiffs)
- 拌嘴
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- 1997, Haruki Murakami, 译者 Jay Rubin, The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.; 再版 New York: Vintage Books, 1998, →ISBN，第 30 页:
- Something to laugh off, not make a big issue out of. We’d had a little tiff and would have forgotten about it in a couple of days.
- 可以一笑了之，不必大惊小怪。我们只是发生了一点小争吵，过几天就会忘掉。
- 2000年9月30日, Guy Browning, “How to... have a tiff”, 出自 The Guardian[1]:
- At the other extreme, couples who are married with children have heavily disguised tiffs. A man saying in a slightly strained way, 'I'm going to turn the compost', is actually saying, 'And that's all you are, Jean, compost!' Of course, what happens is eventually he apologises, they cry, make love, have another child, get overtired and the tiffing continues.
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- 2013年6月18日, Alexandra Topping, Ben Quinn, 引 Charles Saatchi, “Charles Saatchi: accepting police caution was better than the alternative”, 出自 The Guardian[2], →ISSN:
- “About a week ago we were sitting outside a restaurant having an intense debate about the children, and I held Nigella [Lawson]'s neck repeatedly while attempting to emphasise my point,” he said. “There was no grip, it was a playful tiff. The pictures are horrific but give a far more drastic and violent impression of what took place. […] ”
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- 一点酒
衍生词汇
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编辑tiff (第三人称单数简单现在时 tiffs，现在分词 tiffing，一般过去时及过去分词 tiffed)
- (不及物) 拌嘴
- 近义词：参见Thesaurus:squabble
- 1846, Walter Savage Landor, untitled:
- She tiff'd at Tim, she ran from Ralph.
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词源 2
编辑源自中古英语 tiffen、古法语 tiffer、tifer (“打扮”，→法语 attifer)，源自古法兰克语 *tipfōn、*tippōn (“装饰”)，可能与原始日耳曼语 *tuppaz (“尖，端”)有关。对比荷兰语 tippen (“剪发梢”)、古诺尔斯语 tippa (“尖端”)、英语 tip (名词)、中古高地德语 zipfen (“蹦跳”)。
动词
编辑tiff (第三人称单数简单现在时 tiffs，现在分词 tiffing，一般过去时及过去分词 tiffed)
- (弃用，及物) 打扮，装饰
- 1768-1777, Abraham Tucker, The Light of Nature Pursued:
- Is the Miss under a force when she culls among her trinkets with curious toil to tiff herself out in the most engaging manner
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编辑动词
编辑tiff (第三人称单数简单现在时 tiffs，现在分词 tiffing，一般过去时及过去分词 tiffed)
- (英属印度，不及物) 吃午饭
- 1841, The Asiatic journal and monthly register:
- Besides that one to which the permanent residence was attached, Mr. Augustus had several outlaying factories, which he visited from time to time, to superintend the manufacture of his indigo; at all of these he had little bungalows, or temporary abodes, where we tiffed and passed the heat of the day.
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相关词汇
编辑词源 4
编辑名词
编辑tiff (复数 tiffs)
- TIFF的另一种写法
参考资料
编辑“tiff”，Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary，Springfield, Mass.：G. & C. Merriam，1913年，OCLC 800618302
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编辑尼日利亚皮钦语
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编辑tiff
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编辑tiff
- 偷窃
- 2024, “'Dem tiff my pikin three hours afta I born am for hospital'”, 出自 BBC News Pidgin[3]:
- Dis hospital na one of di biggest hospitals for Lafia, wey get beta security. But one unknown woman allegedly tiff Mrs Wosilat Suleiman pikin.
- This hospital is one of the largest hospitals in Lafia, with good security. However, an unknown woman allegedly stole Mrs. Wosilat Suleiman's child.
这家医院是拉菲亚最大的医院之一，治安良好。然而，据称一名不知名女子偷走了沃西拉特·苏莱曼夫人的孩子。
- This hospital is one of the largest hospitals in Lafia, with good security. However, an unknown woman allegedly stole Mrs. Wosilat Suleiman's child.