puff
n. 一陣(氣味,煙霧等); 粉撲; 酥皮點心; 誇獎,吹噓
vt. 噴出; 膨脹; 吹捧; 得意
vi. 噴出; 膨脹; 誇張
If someone puffs at a cigarette, cigar, or pipe, they smoke it.
He lit a cigar and puffed at it twice...
他點了一支雪茄,吸了兩口。
He nodded and puffed on a stubby pipe as he listened.
他邊聽邊點頭,還吸著一支粗短的菸斗。
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...
理查德又點了一支菸,朝著天花板噴雲吐霧。
The weather was dry and cold; wisps of steam puffed from their lips.
天氣又幹又冷,他們嘴裡哈出縷縷白氣。
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圈時,保時捷車冒出了藍煙。
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.
風猛地颳起一陣灰塵,將它吹往內陸。
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.
我對拳擊一無所知,但我能看出他狀態不佳,因為他在急促喘息。
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.
公眾所看到的評論界的好評實際上是對他和他的雜誌的一種吹捧。
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.
那些人只會滿口大話,要改變現狀時他們便無能為力了.
His story ended with his pipe's last dying puff.
他的菸斗噴出最後一口有氣無力的煙,他的故事也講完了.
With all their marijuana, They won't give me a puff.
我們愛吸食大麻, 他們卻一口也不要我抽.
He would surely puff out if he ate everything he wanted.
如果他想吃什麼就吃什麼,他肯定會膨脹起來.
He arrived out of puff.
他到達時氣喘吁吁.