Cuff

(noun.) the lap consisting of a turned-back hem encircling the end of the sleeve or leg.

(verb.) hit with the hand.

校对:卡特里娜

• The case has assumed such an extraordinary aspect since Sergeant Cuff's time, that you may revive his interest in the inquiry. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• Sergeant Cuff bowed. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• She answered Sergeant Cuff's inquiry for the landlord, by telling him sharply that her master was up-stairs, and was not to be bothered by anybody. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• For once in his life, the great Cuff stood speechless with amazement, like an ordinary man. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• Sergeant Cuff and I went straight to my mistress's room. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• Sergeant Cuff made his best acknowledgments. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• The breakfast-bell rang as the two girls disappeared--and even Sergeant Cuff was now obliged to give it up as a bad job! 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• He was going to dig, with whatsoever object, for he tucked up his cuffs and spat on his hands, and then went at it like an old digger as he was. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• Mrs Merdle's verbs were so pressingly presented to Mr Merdle to conjugate, that his sluggish blood and his long coat-cuffs became quite agitated. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• The curate turned up his coat-cuffs, and applied himself to the cookery with vigour. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• Turning up the cuffs of his dress-coat--he had placed his overcoat on a chair--Holmes laid out two drills, a jemmy, and several skeleton keys. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• What he did on those occasions was to turn up his cuffs, stick up his hair, and give us Mark Antony's oration over the body of Caesar. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• Just look at the edges of these coat-cuffs! 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• Wipe your eyes with the cuffs of your jacket, and don't cry into your gruel; that's a very foolish action, Oliver. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
• But I have been kicked and cuffed and sworn at, and at the best only let alone; and what do I owe? 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• When he was disobedient she cuffed him, it is true, but she was never cruel to him, and was more often caressing him than chastising him. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
• He walked after her, and cuffed her once or twice, leisurely, with sudden little blows of his magic white paws. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.

整理:佩吉