chuff
verb[I]
uk/tʃʌf/us/tʃʌf/to make asoundlike thesoundof someoneblowingoutairquicklyandforcefully, or like thesoundasteamenginemakes:
噗噗喘着粗气；（蒸汽火车）轰隆隆地响Atrainchuffs in thevalley, and thesoundrisesup to us.一列火车在山谷里轰隆隆地驶过，声音朝着我们过来了。
Areplicapaddle-steamer now chuffs along therivercarryingtourists.一艘仿制的明轮船载着游客沿着河流轰隆隆地开过。
Thebisonreared, chuffing andstamping.野牛用后退直立起来，喘着粗气，跺着蹄子。
- Thebatteredoldcarsandtruckschuffedandspluttered.
- We were coming to anintersection,turningright, chuffing to astop.
- Thetigerchuffsexcitedly,puffingoutairin atigergreeting.
- Thesoundeffectsincludebarking,gunshotpings,howls,whistles, and chuffingmotorsounds.
Describing qualities of sound
- audibly
- clomp
- consonance
- crackly
- creakily
- easy on the eye/earidiom
- euphonious
- fullness
- mellifluous
- melodic
- plaintiveness
- plangent
- pure
- raucously
- raucousness
- rhythmic
- sizzling
- timbre
- tinny
- tuneless
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Sounds made by objects, movement or impact