"bunch of soft and flexible things fixed at the base with the upper ends loose," late 14c., of uncertain origin, perhaps from Old French touffe "tuft of hair" (14c.), which is either from Late Latin tufa "a kind of crest on a helmet" (also found in Late Greek toupha), or from a Germanic source (compare Old High German zopf, Old Norse toppr "tuft, summit;" see top (n.1)). As a verb from 1530s. Related: Tufted.
权威例句
1. He had a small tuft of hair on his chin.
他下巴上有一小撮胡须。
2. Fear ambush at every tree and tuft of grass.
风声鹤唳,草木皆兵.
3. A tuft of grass atop the wall sways right and left in the wind.
墙上一棵草,风吹两边倒.
4. He plucked at Winston's head and brought away a tuft of hair.
他一揪温斯顿的头发,就掉下一把来.
5. He may pitch on some tuft of lilacs over a river.