tufts

英 [tʌfts]

美 [tʌfts]

n.  (在底部丛生或聚集的)一绺毛发，一丛草
tuft的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 一丛;一簇;一撮
  Atuft ofsomething such as hair or grass is a small amount of it which is growing together in one place or is held together at the bottom.
  1. He had a small tuft of hair on his chin.
     他下巴上有一小撮胡须。
  2. …tufts of wool torn from sheep by bushes and brambles.
     被矮丛林与荆棘粘下来的簇簇羊毛

双语例句

• tufts of wool torn from sheep by bushes and brambles.
  被矮丛林与荆棘粘下来的簇簇羊毛
• Tufts are the simplest and most often used. He tied the box with green ribbon.
  他用绿丝线系住盒子。
• ( botany; of certain seeds as of cotton) having a tuft or tufts of hair.
  （植物学；指例如棉花种子等某些种子）有丛状物或者丛状毛发。
• The technology was developed by researchers at Tufts University in Massachusetts and the University of Illinois.
  这种技术是由美国马萨诸塞州的塔夫茨大学和伊利诺斯大学的研究者开发的。
• Tropical Old World or Australian epiphytic fern frequently forming tufts in tree crotches.
  分布于热带东半球或澳洲的一种附生蕨类，经常使树的丫杈部分成簇状。
• Large owls having prominent ear tufts.
  有突出耳毛的大型猫头鹰。
• He had a few tufts of hair on his chin, but you could hardly call it a beard.
  他下巴上有几簇毛，但你很难称其为胡须。
• Through primrose tufts, in that sweet bower.
  穿过樱草草皮，在那甜美凉亭里头。
• Then you have to be patient and understand that this is a significant gift, and that it's unlikely to occur just because you want it now, says Stephen Bosworth, dean of the Fletcher School at Tufts University.
  然后你必须要有耐心，明白这是一笔重大的捐赠，不会仅仅因为你现在需要就出现，塔夫斯大学佛莱契学院（FletcherSchoolatTuftsUniversity）院长斯蒂芬•博斯沃思（StephenBosworth）表示。
• The drought left the lawn with only a few tufts of grass.
  久旱无雨，草坪上只剩下了几小片草了。