| 释义 | dowf, douf, a. (n.) Sc. and north. dial.|daʊf|
Also 6 dolf, (8 doof).
[The 16th c. form is constantly dolf, but it is prob. that the ol here (as in 16th c. rolp = rope, roup, nolt = nowt, nout, ON. naut) merely stands for ow, and that dowf is etymological. Perh. a. ON. dauf-r deaf; cf. Du. doof deaf, benumbed, faint. The notions of ‘deaf’ and ‘dull’ frequently interchange: cf. Du. dof ‘hollow, smothered, dull, faint, heavy’, related to doof.]
A. adj. Dull, flat; wanting in spirit or energy; inactive, spiritless. Of sound: Dull, flat, hollow.
1513Douglas æneis iii. iv. 97 Dolf wox thair spretis. Ibid. v. vii. 59 The dasyt bluid..Walxis dolf and dull throw myne vnweildy age. 1560Rolland Crt. Venus i. 413 Thy dolf hart for dredour ay deuaillis. 1721Ramsay Prospect Plenty x, How dowf looks gentry with an empty purse! 1785Burns Sec. Ep. to Lapraik iv, Her dowff excuses pat me mad. 1814Scott Wav. xliii, The lad can sometimes be as dowff as a sexagenary like myself.
b. Comb., as dowf-hearted (dolf-).
1513Douglas æneis ix. ii. 50 The dolf hartit Troianis.
B. n. A dull spiritless fellow.
c1430Lydg. Min. Poems (Percy Soc.) 56 To have a galle, and be clepid a douffe. [1724Ramsay Gentle Sheph. iv. i, He get her? slaverin doof!]
Hence dowf v. trans., to make ‘dowf’, deprive of energy. ˈdowfness, dullness; want of spirit.
1513Douglas æneis xi. xiv. 21 Huge dolfnes, and schamful cowardice. 1818Hogg Brownie of B. II. 38 (Jam.) There was a kind o' doufness and melancholy in his looks. 1838J. Struthers Poetic Tales 77 Auld age douffs down the spirit. |
字词 牛头属 释义 【医】 Bucephalus 汉译英翻译词典收录405719条汉英翻译词条，基本涵盖了全......
字词 牛奶 释义 creamery\n相关词组:\n 白脱牛奶\n 牛奶场\n 牛奶冻\n 牛奶房\n 牛奶商\n 送牛奶......
字词 牛奶产品 释义 【建】 dairy product 汉译英翻译词典收录405719条汉英翻译词条，基本涵盖......
单词 dowie 释义 dowie, dowy, a. Sc. and north. dial.|da, dw|Also 5–6 dolly.[The identity ......
单词 dowghty 释义 dowghter, dowghtyobs. ff. daughter, doughty.{var l=document.getElementsB......
字词 牛型样的 释义 【医】 bovinoid 汉译英翻译词典收录405719条汉英翻译词条，基本涵盖了全......