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单词 puff
释义
puff
verb
uk
/pʌf/us
/pʌf/

puffverb(BREATHE)

[I]
tobreathefastand withdifficulty, usually because you have beenexercising:
He came puffing up thestairs.他气喘吁吁地上了楼。
[+ speech]"Iranall the wayhome," she puffed(= said while puffing).“我是一路跑回家的，”她气喘吁吁地说。
puff and pant
tobreathefastand withdifficulty, usually because you have beenexercising
气喘吁吁
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Animal physiology: breathing & stopping breathing
  • aerobic
  • aerobic respiration
  • anaerobic respiration
  • asphyxia
  • asphyxiation
  • breathable
  • breathlessly
  • draw breathphrase
  • exhale
  • expire
  • heave
  • shallow
  • shortness
  • sigh
  • sleep apnoea
  • smother
  • strangulate
  • suffocation
  • throttle
  • winded
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puffverb(SMOKE)

[IorT]
tosmoketobacco:
吸（烟），抽（烟）
She was puffingonacigaretteat thetime.她当时正在吸烟。
Hesatthere, puffingaway atacigarette.他坐在那里，抽着烟。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Tobacco & smoking
  • anti-tobacco
  • big tobacco
  • briar
  • chain-smoker
  • cigarette
  • cigarette butt
  • cigarette holder
  • fag
  • filter tip
  • lighter
  • nicotine patch
  • passive smoking
  • puffer
  • roll up!idiom
  • roll-your-own
  • second-hand smoke
  • shisha
  • smokeless
  • tobacco
  • weed
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puffverb(BLOW)

[IorT]
toblowout inclouds, or makesteamorsmokedo this:
吹，喷出，冒出
Theenginepuffed ahugecloudofsteam, thenrolleddown thetracks.火车头喷出一大股水蒸气，沿着轨道开始移动。
Thechimneywas puffingoutcloudsofsmoke.烟囱向外冒出一股股的烟。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Emitting and ejecting
  • carbon emissions
  • discharge
  • displace
  • displaced
  • displacement
  • eject
  • ejection
  • ejector
  • emission
  • emitter
  • expel
  • expulsion
  • exude
  • givesomethingoff
  • loose
  • re-emit
  • send
  • sendsomethingout
  • shed
  • shedding
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Phrasal verbs

puffsomethingout
puff up
puffsomeone/somethingup
puffsomethingup
puff
noun
uk
/pʌf/us
/pʌf/

puffnoun(SMALL AMOUNT)

[C]
asmallamountofsmoke,air, or something that canriseinto theairin asmallcloud:
一小口（烟雾），一小股（空气）
Seanblewa puffofsmokeat hisreflectionin themirror.肖恩朝镜中的自己喷了一口烟。
Hehitthegroundwith hisstickand a puffofdustroseup into theair.他用拐杖敲打地面，扬起一股浮尘。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Precipitation: clouds, dew, fog & steam
  • billow
  • brume
  • chemtrail
  • cirrocumulus
  • cirrus
  • condensate
  • contrail
  • cumulonimbus
  • foggy
  • haze
  • haze over
  • lowering
  • mist
  • moisture
  • nimbus
  • overcast
  • pall
  • pea-souper
  • vapour trail
  • whiteout
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puffnoun(FOOD)

[C]
apieceoffoodmade ofpuffpastryfilledwith somethingsweetor withfoodsuch ascheese:
泡夫，松饼
acream/jampuff奶油／果酱松饼
cheesepuffs奶酪松饼
picture of puff
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SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Pastry & pies
  • apple pie
  • baked goods
  • banoffee pie
  • barquette
  • bear claw
  • custard tart
  • Danish pastry
  • elephant ear
  • empanada
  • Linzer torte
  • millefeuille
  • mince pie
  • mincemeat
  • napoleon
  • puff pastry
  • quiche
  • rough puff pastry
  • samosa
  • sausage roll
  • éclair
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puffnoun(PRAISE)

[C]informalmainlydisapproving
(USalsopuff piece)
apieceof writing orspeechthatpraisessomething too much
吹捧文字，吹捧的言论
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Praising and applauding
  • acclaim
  • acclamation
  • accolade
  • adulate
  • adulation
  • cheer
  • dispatch
  • eulogistic
  • eulogize
  • eulogy
  • exalt
  • extol
  • honour
  • paean
  • panegyric
  • panegyrical
  • panegyrist
  • patsomeoneon the backidiom
  • praise
  • rave
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puffnoun(BREATHE)

be out of puffUKinformal
to bebreathingwithdifficultybecause you have been doingphysicalexercise
气喘吁吁，呼吸急促
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Animal physiology: breathing & stopping breathing
  • aerobic
  • aerobic respiration
  • anaerobic respiration
  • asphyxia
  • asphyxiation
  • breathable
  • breathlessly
  • draw breathphrase
  • exhale
  • expire
  • heave
  • shallow
  • shortness
  • sigh
  • sleep apnoea
  • smother
  • strangulate
  • suffocation
  • throttle
  • winded
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puffnoun(SMOKING)

[C]
anactofsmoking:
吸烟，抽烟
Shetook apuffonhercigaretteandthoughtfor amoment.她抽了一口烟，沉思了一会儿。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Tobacco & smoking
  • anti-tobacco
  • big tobacco
  • briar
  • chain-smoker
  • cigarette
  • cigarette butt
  • cigarette holder
  • fag
  • filter tip
  • lighter
  • nicotine patch
  • passive smoking
  • puffer
  • roll up!idiom
  • roll-your-own
  • second-hand smoke
  • shisha
  • smokeless
  • tobacco
  • weed
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Idiom

vanish/go up/disappear in a puff of smoke
(Definition ofpufffrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

puff| American Dictionary

puff
verb
us
/pʌf/

puffverb(BREATHE)

[I]
tobreathequicklyand with a lot offorce, usually as aresultof anactivitythatneedsa lot ofphysicaleffort:
Ricardo was puffing hard after heracedup fiveflightsofstairs.
[I]
To puff is also tobreathein andblowoutsmokefrom acigarette,cigar(=rolledtobacco), orpipe(=deviceforsmoking).

puffverb(SWELL)

[I/T]
toswellorincreaseinsize:
[T]Oneeyewas puffed and hercheekwasbruiseddarkas acoalsmear.
[T]Thechildheldadeepbreathand puffed hercheeksuntil theyturnedred.
puff
noun[C]
us
/pʌf/

puffnoun[C](SMALL BURST)

asmallburstofsmoke,air, or something that canriseinto theairin asmallcloud:
Wefelta puff ofwindas thedooropenandclosed.

puffnoun[C](CAKE)

asmall, roundcakeor otherfood,esp. one made frompastrywith afillinginside:
acreampuff

puffnoun[C](BREATHE)

anactof puffing outair, often with asoftsound
A puff is also anactofbreathingin andblowingoutsmoke.
(Definition ofpufffrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

puff| Business English

puff
noun[C]
MARKETING
uk
/pʌf/us
(alsoUSpuff piece)
apieceof writing thatpraisesoradvertisesaproduct:
Theyaskedme to write a puff for herlatestbook.
a puff (piece) on sthHe's gone to New York to do a puffpieceon astarlet.
puff
verb[T]
MARKETING
uk
/pʌf/us
topraiseoradvertiseaproductinordertoincreasesales:
He was at thefestivalto puff his newmovie.
(Definition ofpufffrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofpuff

puff
X-ray emission from laser irradiated gaspufftargets.
From theCambridge English Corpus
In symbolizing the body's physical permeability, the powderpuffbecame a proxy for the instability of the social body at large.
From theCambridge English Corpus
By allowing men to cross social boundaries the powderpuffsuggested just how fragile they were.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The qualitative agreement between the two sets of data suggests that the present transitional flow can be regarded as a 'puff'-type flow.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The plume width is assumed to be equal to the width of a correspondingpuff, which may not be correct.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Spatially resolved spectrograph confirms better axial uniformity with solid-fill gaspuff.
From theCambridge English Corpus
To test the effect of nicotine application on maintained rate, nicotine was bath orpuffapplied without concurrent light stimulation.
From theCambridge English Corpus
After the interview, the second saliva sample was collected, 20 - 30 min after the first airpuffof the fear-potentiated startle paradigm.
From theCambridge English Corpus
However, their initialpuffis larger than the integral scale, so the experiment is not relevant for relative diffusion within inertial-subrange distances.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The rules just stated have been recognized and applied in several previous studies of the turbulentpuffor the turbulent vortex ring.
From theCambridge English Corpus
In contrast, the gaspuffloads do show a systematic zipper.
From theCambridge English Corpus
In all nozzle configurations, the outer shell was an annular gaspuff, while the inner shell was a solid fill.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The gaspufftarget is formed by pulsed injection of a small amount of gas under high-pressure into a laser focus region.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The electromagnetic valve system equipped with a double-nozzle setup to form new gaspufftargets is presented and characterized.
From theCambridge English Corpus
However, glutamatepuffresponses were not affected (n 3).
From theCambridge English Corpus
These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
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