| 单词 | to huff and puff |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto huff and puff ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > respiratory organs > breathing > exhalation > exhale [verb (intransitive)] breathea1382 spirea1382 blazec1384 inspire1513 tuff?1553 to breathe out1576 huff1582 expire1633 outbreathe1638 aspirec1750 exhale1863 the world > matter > gas > air > moving air > move (of air) [verb (intransitive)] > produce current of air blowc1000 huff1582 the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disordered breathing > have or cause breathing disorder [verb (intransitive)] > become short of breath > pant fnastc1000 puffc1300 pantc1350 fnesec1386 blowc1440 bluster1530 pech1538 pantlea1626 pank1669 heave1679 fuff1721 pipe1814 huff1881 1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis iii. 59 Too se in what quarter yt huffeth: How stands thee wind blast..he marcketh. 1592 W. Wyrley Lord Chandos in True Vse Armorie 83 So Æolus huffs, so billowes big arise. 1625 T. Middleton Game at Chæss iv. ii My conscience is becalm'd rather. I'm sure there is a whirlwind huffs in mine, sir. 1706 D. Defoe Jure Divino i. 11 His Stormy Godship [Æolus] huffs about the Skies, With two and thirty Pointed Deities. 1881 H. Smith & C. R. Smith Isle of Wight Words Hough, to breathe hard. ‘Gwine up~hill makes me huff.’ 1890 J. Jacobs Eng. Fairy Tales xiv. 69 Then I'll huff, and I'll puff, and I'll blow your house in. 1959 Times 11 Nov. 13/6 But it would be unrealistic to think that by huffing and puffing at him..the General can be made to change his mind. 1963 Guardian 1 Oct. 8/6 Mr. Liukov may huff and puff..about pernicious Western influences..but the Bulgarians..are discovering..a sense of humour. 1967 Listener 13 July 57/2 Sarah [Churchill] herself never mastered the techniques of politics; she huffed and she puffed but at the end of it all few houses had been blown down. 1971 Daily Tel. 13 Jan. 1 Ministers were undisturbed by all the huffing and puffing against the Industrial Relations Bill at the Albert Hall last night. < as lemmas |
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