词性及解释
n.
一阵喷烟, 肿块, 喘息
vt.
喷出, 张开, 吹捧, (使)充气, 喘气, (使)骄傲, (使)膨胀
vi.
喷出, 张开, 吹捧, (使)充气, 喘气, (使)骄傲, (使)膨胀
【医】
吹气音, 疏松部(染色体)
词形变化
形容词: puffy
副词: puffily
名词: puffiness
动词过去式: puffed
过去分词: puffed
现在分词: puffing
第三人称单数: puffs
英英解释
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1.
n.a slow inhalation (as of tobacco smoke)
[例]
○ he took a puff on his pipe
○ he took a drag on his cigarette and expelled the smoke slowly
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2.
n.exaggerated praise (as for promotional purposes)
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3.
n.a light inflated pastry or puff shell
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4.
n.a short light gust of air
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5.
v.blow hard and loudly
[例]
○ he huffed and puffed as he made his way up the mountain
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6.
v.to swell or cause to enlarge, "Her faced puffed up from the drugs"
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7.
v.speak in a blustering or scornful manner
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8.
v.praise extravagantly
[例]
○ The critics puffed up this Broadway production
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9.
v.smoke and exhale strongly
[例]
○ puff a cigar
○ whiff a pipe
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10.
v.suck in or take (air)
[例]
○ draw a deep breath
○ draw on a cigarette
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11.
v.make proud or conceited
[例]
○ The sudden fame puffed her ego
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12.
adj.gathered for protruding fullness
常用词组
习惯用语
1.
cream puff
一种点心; [美俚]女子气的男人; [美俚]保养得很好的汽车(特指供出售的旧汽车)
2.
give a puff
吹捧[嘘], 瞎吹
3.
not on your puff
[俚]绝不, 决不可能
4.
not of puff
[口]气喘吁吁
5.
puff and blow [pant]
气喘, 大口喘气, 气喘吁吁
6.
puff away
吹开, 喷(烟等); 继续抽
7.
puff out
(使)肿胀, (使)鼓起; 夸大, 渲染; 吹熄; (使)喘不过气来
8.
puff up
(使)膨胀[鼓起, 肿胀]; (使)骄傲自满, (使)趾高气扬
例句
1.
They can huff AND puff but they are powerless to alter the way things are.
他们可以大声嚷嚷，可以发火，但是他们无权，与事无补。
2.
He took a final puff at the clipped stub, AND ground it out in practiced motions of the lifeless hAND
他把夹住的烟蒂吸了最后一口，然后用那只没生命的假手熟练地把他捻熄。
3.
The BOSS had a puff and a huff too many.
老板这次的火气过头了。
4.
The stairs MADE him puff like a grampus.
爬楼梯爬得他气喘如牛。
5.
Conceit may puff a MAN up, But it can never prop him up.
自高自大可以使一个人膨胀起来,但并不能支撑住他
6.
Like a puff of wholesome, blustery wind the doctor was Off
医师象一般清新的劲风那样，飞也似地走了。
7.
Conceit may puff a man up, but it can never PROP him up. ——John Ricukin
自负可使一个人膨胀起来，但永远不能支撑住他。——罗斯金
8.
A puff on a cigarette,a marijuana cigarette,or a pipe containing hashish or another mind - altering Substance.
烟斗吸食香烟，大麻烟或抽含有大麻等麻醉剂或其它致癌物质的烟斗
9.
Those people can huff and puff but they are powerless the way things are.
那些人只会满口大话，要改变现状时他们便无能为力了。
10.
Stay until I've turned into a puff of smoke and been scattered by the wind.
等我化成一股轻烟,风一吹便散了的时候
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