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naff 1 AHD[năf] D.J.[næf]K.K.[næf]adj.Chiefly British（形容词）【多用于英国】- Unstylish, clichéd, or outmoded.不时髦的、陈词滥调或过时的
- [Possibly of dialectal origin] [可能源于方言]
naff 2 AHD[năf] D.J.[næf]K.K.[næf]v.intr.（不及物动词）naff.ed, naff.ing, naffs 【多用于英国】 - To fool around or go about:闲荡或四处游荡："naffing about in a tutu"(Suzanne Lowry)“穿着短裙到处乱走”(苏珊·劳里)
naff off - Used in the imperative as a signal of angry dismissal.勒令开除：作为愤然解雇的信号而用于祈使句中
- [Origin unknown] [起源不明]
注释- In the dual tradition of looking to one's betters for models of how to use language and American obeisance to British usage,let us look at two British words spellednaff. One is an adjective,meaning "clichéd, unstylish" (first recorded in 1969),that may be derived from dialectal wordssuch asnaffhead, "simpleton,” or niffy-naffy, "stupid.” The othernaff is a verb, usually used in the imperative in combination withoff (first recorded in 1959). This is the delicate injunction that members of the royal family such as Princess Anne have used in requesting members of the press to beat it.The origin ofnaff is unknown, but it has been suggested thatnaff may be related to an older English slang term naf, meaning "the female sexual organ.” Naf has been derived from a backward spelling offan, from fanny. 在看待如何使用语言的模式和美语遵从于英语那个更好的两个传统上，让我们看两个拼写为naff 的美语单词。 一个是形容词，表示“过时的，老调的”（首次记录于1969年），可能源于方言单词，如naffhead “傻子”或 niffy-naffy “愚蠢的”。 另一个naff 是动词， 通常用于命令语气与off 连用（首次记录于1959年）。 这是王室家族成员如安娜公主在要求报刊成员禁用时所使用的微妙禁令。Naff 不知源自何处， 但它表明naff 有与旧英语俚语 naf 相关的迹象表示“女性生殖器官”。 Naf 源于从fanny 而来的逆序拼写形式 fan
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