英语词汇“pluff”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

pluff1

/plʌf/

(also plouff, pyuff) originally and chiefly Scottish

noun

1Originally Scottish. A tube through which air can be blown, especially a simple form of bellows ( obsolete ). Now ( English regional ( northern )): specifically a pea-shooter, (also occasionally) a popgun.

2 Scottish. A powder puff.

adjective

Puffed up, swollen; soft, spongy. Also figurative. Now chiefly in pluff mud noun US regional (chiefly S. Carolina ) a type of soft, silty mud found in tidal marshes.

exclamation

Informal. Representing a puffing or explosive sound. Also as adverb: with a pluff.

Sc. National Dict. (1968) s.v. records the adverbial use as still in use in Aberdeenshire, Angusshire, and Shetland in 1966..

Origin

Early 16th century (in an earlier sense). Imitative. Compare West Frisian plof (noun and interjection), Dutch plof, both denoting various sounds produced by falling bodies or exploding gases.

pluff2

/plʌf/

(also pluiff) Scottish, Irish English (northern ), and English regional (chiefly northern )

verb

1 [no object] To puff; to blow out with a puff, especially suddenly or explosively. Also with object: to blow or propel (something) from the mouth or through a tube. Formerly (Scottish ): specifically †to fire a gun, to shoot ( obsolete ).

2 [with object] To swell up, become puffed up. Frequently with up.

Origin

Early 17th century; earliest use found in Zachary Boyd (1585–1653), Church of Scotland minister and university administrator. Imitative. Compare West Frisian ploffe (of objects or bodies) to thud, (of gases) to puff out, to explode, Dutch ploffen (of gases) to puff out, to explode (19th cent.; earlier in senses ‘(of objects or bodies) to thud, fall down heavily’, ‘to make a dull sound’ (both 1566)).

单词	pluff
释义	pluff1 /plʌf/ (also plouff, pyuff) originally and chiefly Scottish noun 1Originally Scottish. A tube through which air can be blown, especially a simple form of bellows ( obsolete ). Now ( English regional ( northern )): specifically a pea-shooter, (also occasionally) a popgun. 2 Scottish. A powder puff. adjective Puffed up, swollen; soft, spongy. Also figurative. Now chiefly in pluff mud noun US regional (chiefly S. Carolina ) a type of soft, silty mud found in tidal marshes. exclamation Informal. Representing a puffing or explosive sound. Also as adverb: with a pluff. Sc. National Dict. (1968) s.v. records the adverbial use as still in use in Aberdeenshire, Angusshire, and Shetland in 1966.. Origin Early 16th century (in an earlier sense). Imitative. Compare West Frisian plof (noun and interjection), Dutch plof, both denoting various sounds produced by falling bodies or exploding gases. pluff2 /plʌf/ (also pluiff) Scottish, Irish English (northern ), and English regional (chiefly northern ) verb 1 [no object] To puff; to blow out with a puff, especially suddenly or explosively. Also with object: to blow or propel (something) from the mouth or through a tube. Formerly (Scottish ): specifically †to fire a gun, to shoot ( obsolete ). 2 [with object] To swell up, become puffed up. Frequently with up. Origin Early 17th century; earliest use found in Zachary Boyd (1585–1653), Church of Scotland minister and university administrator. Imitative. Compare West Frisian ploffe (of objects or bodies) to thud, (of gases) to puff out, to explode, Dutch ploffen (of gases) to puff out, to explode (19th cent.; earlier in senses ‘(of objects or bodies) to thud, fall down heavily’, ‘to make a dull sound’ (both 1566)).
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