a fluffy or frizzy mass of hair or fibre 蓬松(或卷曲)的毛发(或纤维、绒毛、卷毛) a fuzz of black hair. 蓬松的黑发。 [mass noun]his face was covered with white fuzz. 他的脸上满是白色的茸毛。 ■a blurred image or area 模糊的图像(或区域) she saw Jess surrounded by a fuzz of sunlight. 她看见杰斯被模糊不清的日光环绕着。 ■a buzzing or distorted sound, especially one deliberately produced as an effect on an electric guitar (尤指电吉他的)模糊音 the fuzz of the radio. 收音机里模糊的声音。
verb
make or become blurred or indistinct (使)模糊不清 [with obj.]snow fuzzes the outlines of the signs. 雪使招牌的轮廓变得模糊不清。 [no obj.]tiny detail can be enlarged to poster size without fuzzing out. 微小的细节部分可以被放大到海报大小,而且图像不模糊。
[no obj.](of hair) become fluffy or frizzy (毛发)呈绒毛状;变得蓬松(或卷曲) her hair fuzzed out uncontrollably in the heat. 炎热使她的头发变得乱蓬蓬的。
语源
late 16th cent.: probably of Low German or Dutch origin; compare with Dutch voos, Low German fussig 'spongy'