| 词汇 | in the buff |
| 释义 | Idiom in the altogether and in the buff; in the raw Theme: NAKEDNESS naked; nude. (Informal. In can be replaced with into.)We often went swimming in the altogether down at the creek.The museum has a painting of some ladies in the buff.Mary felt a little shy about getting into the altogether.Bill says he sleeps in the raw. Slang in the buff Theme: NAKEDNESS mod. naked.You-knowwho sleeps in the buff.You can save hundreds of dollars in a lifetime by not buying pajamas and sleeping in the buff instead. Idiom in the buff old-fashioned naked.He came out of the bedroom in the buff. in the buffslang Naked. I keep having the dream where I walk into my high school in the buff! in the buffnaked. informalThe original meaning of buff in English was ‘buffalo’, and it later came to mean ‘ox hide’ or ‘the colour of ox hide’. In the buff itself comes from buff leather, a type of yellowish-beige ox hide formerly used in military uniform, the colour of which was regarded as comparable to that of human skin. in the ˈbuff(informal) wearing no clothes: I’m sure I saw him swimming in the buff!in the buff mod. naked. You can save hundreds of dollars in a lifetime by not buying pajamas and sleeping in the buff instead. in the buff Naked. |
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