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puff

puff
[英] [pʌf] [美] [pʌf] 生词本

n.

vt.

vi.

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1. VERB 吸，抽（香烟等） If someone puffs at a cigarette, cigar, or pipe, they smoke it. 

  • He lit a cigar and puffed at it twice...

    他点了一支雪茄，吸了两口。

  • He nodded and puffed on a stubby pipe as he listened.

    他边听边点头，还吸着一支粗短的烟斗。

  • Puff is also a noun.

    • She was taking quick puffs at her cigarette like a beginner.

      她像刚开始抽烟的人一样很快地吸着。

2. V-ERG 吹；喷；吐 If you puff smoke or moisture from your mouth or if it puffs from your mouth, you breathe it out. 

  • Richard lit another cigarette and puffed smoke towards the ceiling...

    理查德又点了一支烟，朝着天花板喷云吐雾。

  • The weather was dry and cold; wisps of steam puffed from their lips.

    天气又干又冷，他们嘴里哈出缕缕白气。

  • Puff out means the same as puff .puff out同puff

    • He drew heavily on his cigarette and puffed out a cloud of smoke.

      他猛吸了一口烟，吐出一团烟雾。

3. VERB （引擎、烟囱或锅炉）冒（烟或气） If an engine, chimney, or boiler puffs smoke or steam, clouds of smoke or steam come out of it. 

  • As I completed my 26th lap the Porsche puffed blue smoke.

    我跑了26圈时，保时捷车冒出了蓝烟。

4. N-COUNT （吹出的）一缕，一股 A puff of something such as air or smoke is a small amount of it that is blown out from somewhere. 

  • Wind caught the sudden puff of dust and blew it inland.

    风猛地刮起一阵灰尘，将它吹往内陆。

5. VERB 喘息；喘气 If you are puffing, you are breathing loudly and quickly with your mouth open because you are out of breath after a lot of physical effort. 

  • I know nothing about boxing, but I could see he was unfit, because he was puffing.

    我对拳击一无所知，但我能看出他状态不佳，因为他在急促喘息。

6. N-COUNT 吹捧；吹嘘 A puff for something such as a book, film, product, or organization is something that is done or said in order to attract people's attention and tell them how good it is. 

  • What is presented to the public as a critical evaluation is really an elaborate puff for him and his magazine.

    公众所看到的评论界的好评实际上是对他和他的杂志的一种吹捧。

  • Puff is also a verb.

    • He puffed the new system by showing how badly his existing system performed by comparison.

      他通过比较，展示了当前的系统运行得如何不好，以此来吹捧这种新的系统。

7. N-COUNT 同poof A puff is the same as a poof . 
8. See also: puffed;  
相关词组：
puff out  puff up 
Noun

1. a short light gust of air

2. a light inflated pastry or puff shell

3. exaggerated praise (as for promotional purposes)

4. bedding made of two layers of cloth filled with stuffing and stitched together

5. a soft spherical object made from fluffy fibers; for applying powder to the skin

6. thick cushion used as a seat

7. a slow inhalation (as of tobacco smoke);

  • "he took a puff on his pipe"
  • "he took a drag on his cigarette and expelled the smoke slowly"

8. forceful exhalation through the nose or mouth;

  • "he gave his nose a loud blow"
  • "he blew out all the candles with a single puff"
Verb

1. smoke and exhale strongly;

  • "puff a cigar"
  • "whiff a pipe"

2. suck in or take (air);

  • "draw a deep breath"
  • "draw on a cigarette"

3. breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted;

  • "The runners reached the finish line, panting heavily"

4. make proud or conceited;

  • "The sudden fame puffed her ego"

5. praise extravagantly;

  • "The critics puffed up this Broadway production"

6. speak in a blustering or scornful manner;

  • "A puffing kind of man"

7. to swell or cause to enlarge, "Her faced puffed up from the drugs"

8. blow hard and loudly;

  • "he huffed and puffed as he made his way up the mountain"
Adjective

1. gathered for protruding fullness;

  • "puff sleeves"

医学

  • 1.①吹气音：听诊时听到的短促的吹气声音；②疏松部：遗传学上，某些蝇的巨型染色体发生无规则排列及大部分核糖核酸合成的区域

生物学

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  • 1.胀泡
1. He took a puff at his cigarette.
他吸了一口香烟。

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