puff

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /pʌf/    美 /pʌf/|/pɐf/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A sharp exhalation of a small amount of breath through the mouth. countable
  2. The ability to breathe easily while exerting oneself. slang,uncountable
    — out of puff
  3. A small quantity of gas or smoke in the air. countable
    — puff of smoke
  4. A sudden but small gust of wind, smoke, etc. countable
    — to every puff of wind a slave
  5. An act of inhaling smoke from a cigarette, cigar or pipe. countable,informal
    — When I went to bed that night I found that I could not get to sleep. At five o'clock I got up and took a hot bath. I climbed back into bed and lighted one of the Chinese-made "Great Wall" cigars my hosts had thoughtfully provided, and sat puffing on the cigar and making notes about the events of the momentous week.
  6. The drug cannabis. slang,uncountable
  7. A flamboyant or alluring statement of praise. countable
    — […] though I care not one straw for the personal puffs of which I myself am so often the subject […]
  8. A portion of fabric gathered up so as to be left full in the middle. countable,uncountable
    — a sleeve with a puff at the shoulder
  9. A light cake filled with cream, cream cheese, etc. countable
    — cream puff
  10. A puffball. countable,uncountable
    — Bozzacchio, an acorne. Also a puffe or mushrump full of dust.
  11. A powder puff. countable,uncountable
  12. A puffer, one who is employed by the owner or seller of goods sold at auction to bid up the price; an act or scam of that type. countable,dated,slang,uncountable
    — Is nothing to be said in praise of the "Emporiums" and "Repositories" and "Divans," which formerly were mere insignificant tailors', toymen's, and tobacconists' shops? Is the transition from the barber's pole to the revolving bust of the perruquier, nothing? — the leap from the bare counter-traversed shop to the carpeted and mirrored saloon of trade, nothing? Are they not, one and all, practical puffs, intended to invest commerce with elegance, and to throw a halo round extravagance?
  13. A region of a chromosome exhibiting a local increase in diameter. countable,uncountable
  14. Life. UK,countable,dated,slang,uncountable
    — Isn't this the chance of a lifetime? Have either of you ever made a couple of quids at once in your puff before—pinching goods from the back of delivery vans and smooching lead off empty houses?
  15. Synonym of poof: a gay man; especially one who is effeminate. Northern-England,countable,derogatory,slang,uncountable
动词 v.
  1. To emit smoke, gas, etc., in puffs. intransitive
    — Still on the down line, the engine puffed away to the South, and in a few moments had disappeared in the darkness!
  2. To pant. intransitive
    — By and by comes the ass back again, Puffing and Blowing, from the Chase.
  3. To advertise. archaic,transitive
  4. To blow as an expression of scorn.
    — It is really to defy Heaven to puff at damnation.
  5. To swell with air; to be dilated or inflated.
    — 'tis easy for a man to have a great opinion of his own knowledge , and be puff'd up by it
  6. To breathe in a swelling, inflated, or pompous manner; hence, to assume importance.
    — Then came brave Glory puffing by.
  7. To drive with a puff, or with puffs.
    — The clearing north will puff the clouds away.
  8. To repel with words; to blow at contemptuously.
    — I puff the prostitute away.
  9. To cause to swell or dilate; to inflate.
    — a bladder puffed with air
  10. To inflate with pride, flattery, self-esteem, etc.; often with up.
    — puffed up with military success
  11. To praise with exaggeration; to flatter; to call public attention to by praises; to praise unduly.
    — puffed with wonderful skill

词形变化

puffs plural puffs present,singular,third-person puffing participle,present puffed participle,past puffed past

词汇关系

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词源

词源 1
From Middle English puff, puf, from Old English pyf (“a blast of wind, puff”), from Proto-West Germanic *puf(f)- (“to blow, puff”), of imitative origin. Cognate with Dutch puf (“puff, wind, fart”), Middle Low German puf, pof (“puff”).
词源 2
From Middle English puffen, from Old English pyffan (“to breathe out, blow with the mouth”). Compare Dutch puffen, German Low German puffen, German puffen, Danish puffe, Swedish puffa.
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