| 单词 | out of puff |
| 释义 | > as lemmasout of puff f. colloquial (originally British). Breath; available breath, the ability to breathe effectively; (in extended use) energy, stamina. out of puff: out of breath, exhausted. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > respiratory organs > breathing > [noun] > breath ghosteOE bleadc890 ethemeOE windOE fnastc1000 breathOE blas?c1225 blasta1325 andec1330 respiration?a1425 breast1535 air1567 respirea1657 puff1827 1827 Sporting Mag. 21 137 Taking the puff out of most of the nags. 1860 Times 26 Dec. 9/5 I picked myself up quite out of puff, but not much injured. 1863 W. C. Baldwin Afr. Hunting ix. 387 Sustaining three more savage charges, the last..far from pleasant, as my horse had all the puff taken out of him. 1919 ‘K. Mansfield’ Let. 13 Oct. (1993) III. 25 I get short of puff if I cough but my lungs don't hurt at all. 1977 D. Bagley Enemy ii. 14 I came off the [tennis] court out of puff. 1984 Observer 15 Apr. 27/5 Metal Box still has plenty of puff. 1986 Sunday Mail (Queensland) (Nexis) 5 Oct. [He] should have set a punishing pace on Daddy so that Vengeance would have had no puff left for a sprint at the end. 2006 Daily Mail (Nexis) 7 Apr. 68 The production does run out of puff in the last act—but then so does the operetta. < as lemmas |
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