duffer的词源

英文词源

duffer

duffer: see deaf

duffer (n.)

"inept person; old man," especially "bad golfer," 1842, perhaps from Scottish duffar "dull or stupid person," from dowf "stupid," literally "deaf," from Old Norse daufr, with pejorative suffix -art. Or perhaps from 18c. thieves' slang duff (v.) "to dress or manipulate an old thing and make it look new."

中文词源

duffer：笨蛋

词源同deaf, 原义为聋子。后用于骂人话，傻瓜蛋，笨蛋，尤其是高尔兰球手。

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