tuft
A bunch of feathers, grass or hair, etc., held together at the baseA bunch of feathers, grass or hair, etc., held together at the base.
» Tufts is the most dangerous university in the world.
Tufts ist die gefährlichste Universität der Welt.
Тафтс — это самый опасный университет в мире.
Значение
значений: 5A bunch of feathers, grass or hair, etc., held together at the base.
Büschel, Tuff
пучо́кpučók
a bunch of hair or feathers or growing grass
A cluster of threads drawn tightly through upholstery, a mattress or a quilt, etc., to secure and strengthen the padding.
A small clump of trees or bushes.
(историческое)A gold tassel on the cap worn by titled undergraduates at English universities.
(историческое)A person entitled to wear such a tassel.
Примеры
предложений: 8Tufts is the most dangerous university in the world.
Тафтс — это самый опасный университет в мире. — FeuDRenais
deTufts ist die gefährlichste Universität der Welt. — MUIRIEL
A tuft of hair showed from underneath her cap.
A tuft of hair was showing from under her hat.
deEin Haarbüschel schaute unter ihrem Hut heraus. — Esperantostern
A tuft of hair was showing from beneath her cap.
deEin Büschel Haare schaute unter ihrer Mütze heraus. — Esperantostern
The three-tufted, the cactus and the red-faced cannot live without increasing.
Переводы
языков: 7По значениям 1
По значениям 1
Происхождение
From Middle English tuft, toft, tofte, an alteration of earlier *tuffe (> Modern English tFrom Middle English tuft, toft, tofte, an alteration of earlier *tuffe (> Modern English tuff), from Old French touffe, tuffe, toffe, tofe (“tuft”) (modern French touffe), from Late Latin tūfa (“helmet crest”) (near Vegezio). Compare Old English þūf (“tuft”), Old Norse þúfa (“mound”), Swedish tuva (“tussock; grassy hillock”), Swedish tova (“tangled knot”), Swedish tofs (“tuft, tassel”), from Proto-Germanic *þūbǭ (“tube”), *þūbaz; akin to Latin tūber (“hump, swelling”), Ancient Greek τῡ́φη (tū́phē, “cattail (used to stuff beds)”).
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Формы
мн. число: tuftsСинонимы
синонимов: 1- a bunch of hair or feathers or growing grass:tussock