cuff

• n. 袖口、ズボンのフラップ；手錠；平手打ち
• vt.手錠をかける；平手で叩く；手錠をかける
• vi.殴，拳击
• n.(カフ)人名；(仏)手錠；(英)カフ

語源は不明だが、キャップ、ハットと同じかもしれない。

cuff (v.1)

"to put a cuff on," 1690s, from cuff (n.). Related: Cuffed; cuffing.

cuff (n.)

"bottom of a sleeve," mid-14c., cuffe "hand covering, mitten, glove," perhaps somehow from Medieval Latin cuffia "head covering," which is of uncertain origin. Sense of "band around the sleeve" is first attested 1520s; sense of "hem of trousers" is 1911. Off the cuff "extemporaneously" is 1938 American English colloquial, suggesting an actor or speaker reading from notes jotted on his shirt sleeves rather than learned lines. Cuff links is from 1897.

cuff (v.2)

"hit," 1520s, of unknown origin, perhaps from Swedish kuffa "to thrust, push." Related: Cuffed; cuffing. As a noun from 1560s.

1. I didn 't mean any offence.It was a flippant，off-the- cuff remark.

私はもともと失礼なことをしたつもりはありません。それはただ口から出た失礼なことにすぎません。

2.Mr Baker was speaking off the cuff when he made those suggestions.

ベイカー氏は臨時にそれらの提案をした。

3.He gave the dog a cuff .

彼はその犬を軽くたたいた。

4.Superintendent Seegrave and Sergeant Cuff 、representing the social control of crime、can not handle the case.

Seegraveと警官 Cuff を主管し、罪に対する社会的制御を表し、事件を処理することはできない。

5.On the contrary，with shrewdness and knowledge，Sergeant Cuff is a famous city policeman.

正反対、機警は博学で、警官 Cuff は有名な都市警察である。