1especially American EnglishAmE informalMISTAKE to make a sillymistake 犯愚蠢的错误
Somebody goofed and entered the wrong amount.
有人犯了一个愚蠢的错误,把金额输错了。
The restaurant totally goofed up our reservations.
餐馆把我们的预订全部搞错了。
2goof aroundphrasal verbphr vAmerican EnglishAmE informalSTUPID/NOT SENSIBLEto spend time doing silly things or not doing very much 闲荡,瞎混SYN British English mess about
We spent the afternoon just goofing around on our bikes.
我们只是骑着自行车瞎转了一个下午。
3goof offphrasal verbphr vAmerican EnglishAmE informalGO TO/ATTEND#WORK HARD#to waste time or avoid doing any work 混日子,逃避工作
He’s been goofing off at school.
他在学校里一直混日子。
Examples from the Corpus
goof off• Hey you two! Quitgoofing off and do some work!• Anyone who does consistently good work doesn't need to worry about occasionally goofing off on the job.
goof2 noun [countableC] especially American EnglishAmE informal
1MISTAKE (also goof up) a silly mistake 愚蠢的错误
The goof could cost the city $5 million.
这个愚蠢的错误会使该市损失500万美元。
2.STUPID/NOT SENSIBLE (also goofball) someone who is silly 傻瓜,蠢人
Examples from the Corpus
goof• He had been made the victim of what was known in the department as a goof.• I just stood there like a goofwaiting for him to introduce her.• A nicegoof is to hide it altogether by positioning your pointer on its top edge and dragging down.• Most of the rest of us, on the other hand, are paralyzed by our goofs.• Anyway, after a year Matty would be on the other side of the goof.
Origingoof2
(1900-2000) Probably from goff“stupid person”((16-20 centuries)), from Frenchgoffe“awkward, stupid”