词汇 | goof off |
词源 | goof off; goofy. Goofing off, “wasting time,” originated in the U.S. armed forces during World War II. It implies shirking like a silly or goofy person, a goof, which word derives from the En glish dialect word goff, “a simpleton,” first recorded in 1570. |
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