The Japan Times Online, Oct.8にあったキャプションです。
Angry boy, 13, a chemistry buff, gasses his class
"buff" の意味にマニアとか～狂の意味がある事は知っていますが、日本の中学生で化学マニアは余りいないので、この場合は単に化学好き程度だろうと思うので記事を読むと、
Teachers said the boy, a first-year student, has a keen interest in chemistry, adding they have often seen him reading books on the subject.
やはりマニアと言うより、化学好き、化学に熱心な生徒と解釈した方が適当の様です。今日この "buff" を取り上げたのは、 "buff" がこの意味を持つ様になった面白い由来をしったからです。
Online Etymology: 1570s, buffe leather, from M.Fr. buffle "buffalo" (15c., via It. from L. bufalus; see buffalo). The color term comes from the hue of buffalo hides (later ox hides); association of "hide" and "skin" led c.1600 to in the buff, and use of buff or suede to polish metal led to sense of verb "to polish with a buff" (1885). Related: Buffed; buffing. Buff-colored uniforms of N.Y.C. volunteer firefighters since 1820s led to meaning "enthusiast" (1903).
"buff" の別の意味（a medium to dark tan color/an implement consisting of soft material mounted on a block; used for polishing (as in manicuring)/bare skin; naked/a soft thick undyed leather from the skins of e.g. buffalo or oxen）も全て元はバッファローから来ていたのでした。 納得です。
Angry boy, 13, a chemistry buff, gasses his class
"buff" の意味にマニアとか～狂の意味がある事は知っていますが、日本の中学生で化学マニアは余りいないので、この場合は単に化学好き程度だろうと思うので記事を読むと、
Teachers said the boy, a first-year student, has a keen interest in chemistry, adding they have often seen him reading books on the subject.
やはりマニアと言うより、化学好き、化学に熱心な生徒と解釈した方が適当の様です。今日この "buff" を取り上げたのは、 "buff" がこの意味を持つ様になった面白い由来をしったからです。
Online Etymology: 1570s, buffe leather, from M.Fr. buffle "buffalo" (15c., via It. from L. bufalus; see buffalo). The color term comes from the hue of buffalo hides (later ox hides); association of "hide" and "skin" led c.1600 to in the buff, and use of buff or suede to polish metal led to sense of verb "to polish with a buff" (1885). Related: Buffed; buffing. Buff-colored uniforms of N.Y.C. volunteer firefighters since 1820s led to meaning "enthusiast" (1903).
"buff" の別の意味（a medium to dark tan color/an implement consisting of soft material mounted on a block; used for polishing (as in manicuring)/bare skin; naked/a soft thick undyed leather from the skins of e.g. buffalo or oxen）も全て元はバッファローから来ていたのでした。 納得です。
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