nerf
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词源说明
Circa 1950s?
释义（英文）
动词 Verb
- (motor racing, transitive) To bump lightly, whether accidentally or purposefully.
词族
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词源说明
From the Nerf brand of toys designed as non-dangerous counterparts of existing things, such as sports balls and guns. Originally used to equate a change in the damage of a weapon in a video game to a change from real weapons to Nerf weapons.
释义（英文）
动词 Verb
- (transitive, slang, video games) To change a mechanic, an ability, or a character in a video game in order to make less efficacious.
- (transitive, slang) To arbitrarily limit or reduce the capability