fur

Word family

Related topics: Animals, Clothes

fur1 /fɜː $ fɜːr/ noun → fir

1. [uncountableU]HBA the thick soft hair that covers the bodies of some animals, such as cats, dogs, and rabbits 〔猫、狗、兔子等动物的〕软毛 → furry(1)

[countableC, uncountableU]HBA the skin of a dead animal with the fur still attached 毛皮，裘皮

a fur coat

裘皮大衣

a fur-lined jacket

毛皮衬里夹克

a ban on fur farming (=keeping and killing animals for their fur)

禁止毛皮兽养殖

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3 [countableC]DCC a coat or piece of clothing made of fur 毛皮大衣；毛皮衣服

Lady Yolanda was swathed in elegant furs.

约兰达夫人穿着一身雅致的毛皮大衣。

4 [uncountableU] a material that looks and feels like fur 仿毛皮

imitation/fake/artificial etc fur

a pair of gloves trimmed with fake fur

饰有仿毛皮边的一副手套

5. DHH[uncountableU] a harmful or unpleasant substance that sometimes forms on surfaces that are always wet, such as water pipes 〔水管等内的〕水垢，水锈 SYN scale

6 the fur flies ARGUEused to say that an angry argument or fight starts 发生激烈的争论[打斗]

If you’re both feeling frustrated, the fur may fly.

如果你们俩都觉得不顺心，就有可能会发生争吵。

Examples from the Corpus

the fur flies• When Marcia found out where Keith was all night, that's when the fur really started to fly.

Examples from the Corpus

fur• Furs from the far north of Canada were exchanged for cotton and other goods.• The darkening path felt warm and soft as fur.• There was cat fur all over the chair.• In the hall, Mrs. Welland was putting on her fur.• I mean the whole, blue-green ball of fur, fin, feathers.• Finally I seized his scruff, took a fistful of fur.• Why, how, and when does the fur change? 10.• the fur industry• He raked his fingers through fur the color of weak tea, brown, red, golden tint of gaslight.

imitation/fake/artificial etc fur• My first successes were in fake fur - we had one each.• But for the ultimate indulgence this winter, splash out on one of the new fake furs.• Plus the best and most affordable selection of fake fur cushions in town - zebra, leopard, tiger among others.• A vest of fake fur like the one she had made for Jill when she was small?• She was a vision in a pink fake fur Todd Oldham jacket.• This year their major bow to realness has been replacing fake fur with genuine dead pelts.• Until my first New York winter rain, when the fake fur matted around my neck, wrists and knees.• Overdress of glass beads, ostrich feathers and yarn. Artificial fur train.

fur2 (also fur up British English) verb (furred, furring) [intransitiveI]

DHHto become covered with an unwanted substance 积垢，生苔

—furred adjectiveadj

Symptoms include dry lips and a furred tongue.

症状包括嘴唇发干及长舌苔。

Examples from the Corpus

fur• The pipes and valves furred with woodchips as though by a half inch of sooty snow.

Origin fur

(1300-1400) fur “to cover the inside of with fur” ((14-19 centuries)), from Old French forrer, from forre “inside covering”

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