| 单词 | puff |
| 释义 | puff (once / 333 pages) 1nv 2n 3nv 4n 5n 6n 7v 8v 9adj A puff is a wisp of air or a baked snack. A magician might disappear in a puff of smoke — the kind that happens when you blow out a candle, not the kind that’s made of cheese. A puff of wind can spin a pinwheel or send a kite bobbing higher in the sky, and a tired runner's breath comes in puffs. There’s also the kind of puff that's inflated or stuffed and soft, like a puff of hair on grandma's head, a powder puff, or puff pastry, which is a thin, buttery dough that puffs up as it's baked. The Old English root is the imitative pyffan, "to blow with the mouth." WORD FAMILYpuff: puffed, puffer, puffery, puffing, puffingly, puffs, puffy+/puffer: puffers/puffery: pufferies/puffing: puffings/puffy: puffier, puffiest, puffily, puffiness USAGE EXAMPLESFor all the lactic acid-affected huff and puff on display among many of the players, those two are the brightest by far. The Guardian(Jan 02, 2017) Her wrist was very slender even towards the end of her life, with steroids puffing her up like a blowfish. BBC(Dec 31, 2016) The centre should be puffed and set but still a little gooey. The Guardian(Dec 25, 2016) 1 1n a short light gust of air Syn|Hyper puff of air, whiff blast, blow, gust a strong current of air 2n a slow inhalation (as of tobacco smoke) he took a puff on his pipe Syn|Hypo|Hyper drag, pull toke a puff of a marijuana or hashish cigarette aspiration, breathing in, inhalation, inspiration, intake the act of inhaling; the drawing in of air (or other gases) as in breathing 3n forceful exhalation through the nose or mouth Syn|Hypo|Hyper blow insufflation an act of blowing or breathing on or into something breathing out, exhalation, expiration the act of expelling air from the lungs 4v breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted Syn|Hyper gasp, heave, pant blow exhale hard 5v suck in or take (air) Syn|Hyper drag, draw breathe in, inhale, inspire draw in (air) 6v smoke and exhale strongly puff a cigar Syn|Hyper whiff smoke inhale and exhale smoke from cigarettes, cigars, pipes 7v blow hard and loudly 2Syn|Hyper chuff, huff blow exhale hard n a light inflated pastry or puff shell 3Hypo|Hyper chou, cream puff puff filled with cream or custard eclairoblong cream puff pastry any of various baked foods made of dough or batter 1n exaggerated praise (as for promotional purposes) Hyper good word, recommendation, testimonial something that recommends (or expresses commendation of) a person or thing as worthy or desirable 2v praise extravagantly The critics puffed up this Broadway production Syn|Hyper puff up praise express approval of 3v make proud or conceited 4The sudden fame puffed her ego Hyper elate, intoxicate, lift up, pick up, uplift fill with high spirits; fill with optimism n bedding made of two layers of cloth filled with stuffing and stitched together 5Syn|Hypo|Hyper comfort, comforter, quilt continental quilt, duvet, eiderdown a soft quilt usually filled with the down of the eider patchwork, patchwork quilta quilt made by sewing patches of different materials together crazy quilta patchwork quilt without a design bed clothing, bedclothes, bedding coverings that are used on a bed n a soft spherical object made from fluffy fibers; for applying powder to the skin 6Syn|Hyper powderpuff pad a flat mass of soft material used for protection, stuffing, or comfort n thick cushion used as a seat 7Syn|Hyper hassock, ottoman, pouf, pouffe seat furniture that is designed for sitting on v speak in a blustering or scornful manner 8A puffing kind of man Hyper blow, bluster, boast, brag, gas, gasconade, shoot a line, swash, tout, vaunt show off v to swell or cause to enlarge, "Her faced puffed up from the drugs" 9puffed out chests Syn|Hyper blow up, puff out, puff up intumesce, swell, swell up, tumefy, tumesce expand abnormally adj gathered for protruding fullness puff sleeves Syn puffed fancy not plain; decorative or ornamented |
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