puff
n. 一阵(气味,烟雾等); 粉扑; 酥皮点心; 夸奖,吹嘘
vt. 喷出; 膨胀; 吹捧; 得意
vi. 喷出; 膨胀; 夸张
If someone puffs at a cigarette, cigar, or pipe, they smoke it.
He lit a cigar and puffed at it twice...
他点了一支雪茄,吸了两口。
He nodded and puffed on a stubby pipe as he listened.
他边听边点头,还吸着一支粗短的烟斗。
If you puff smoke or moisture from your mouth or if it puffs from your mouth, you breathe it out.
Richard lit another cigarette and puffed smoke towards the ceiling...
理查德又点了一支烟,朝着天花板喷云吐雾。
The weather was dry and cold; wisps of steam puffed from their lips.
天气又干又冷,他们嘴里哈出缕缕白气。
If an engine, chimney, or boiler puffs smoke or steam, clouds of smoke or steam come out of it.
As I completed my 26th lap the Porsche puffed blue smoke.
我跑了26圈时,保时捷车冒出了蓝烟。
A puff of something such as air or smoke is a small amount of it that is blown out from somewhere.
Wind caught the sudden puff of dust and blew it inland.
风猛地刮起一阵灰尘,将它吹往内陆。
If you are puffing, you are breathing loudly and quickly with your mouth open because you are out of breath after a lot of physical effort.
I know nothing about boxing, but I could see he was unfit, because he was puffing.
我对拳击一无所知,但我能看出他状态不佳,因为他在急促喘息。
A puff for something such as a book, film, product, or organization is something that is done or said in order to attract people's attention and tell them how good it is.
What is presented to the public as a critical evaluation is really an elaborate puff for him and his magazine.
公众所看到的评论界的好评实际上是对他和他的杂志的一种吹捧。
A puff is the same as a poof .
1. a short light gust of air
2. a light inflated pastry or puff shell
3. exaggerated praise (as for promotional purposes)
4. bedding made of two layers of cloth filled with stuffing and stitched together
5. a soft spherical object made from fluffy fibers; for applying powder to the skin
6. thick cushion used as a seat
7. a slow inhalation (as of tobacco smoke);
8. forceful exhalation through the nose or mouth;
1. smoke and exhale strongly;
2. suck in or take (air);
3. breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted;
4. make proud or conceited;
5. praise extravagantly;
6. speak in a blustering or scornful manner;
7. to swell or cause to enlarge, "Her faced puffed up from the drugs"
8. blow hard and loudly;
1. gathered for protruding fullness;
in all one's puff
(非正式,主英)一生中
puff and blow
喘息,急促呼吸
Those people can huff and puff but they are powerless the way things are.
那些人只会满口大话,要改变现状时他们便无能为力了.
His story ended with his pipe's last dying puff.
他的烟斗喷出最后一口有气无力的烟,他的故事也讲完了.
With all their marijuana, They won't give me a puff.
我们爱吸食大麻, 他们却一口也不要我抽.
He would surely puff out if he ate everything he wanted.
如果他想吃什么就吃什么,他肯定会膨胀起来.
He arrived out of puff.
他到达时气喘吁吁.