| 词汇 | muff |
| 词源 | muff. Not much used today, a muff is a thick tubular case for the hands that is covered with fur and used mostly by women to keep their hands warm. Around the turn of the century, the word was first used to describe a baseball player who misses an easy catch, one who makes a play as if his hands were in a muff. |
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