| 单词 | puff |
| 释义 | Word Frequency puff(pʌf) noun 1. a short quick draught, gust, or emission, as of wind, smoke, air, etc, esp a forceful one 2. the amount of wind, smoke, etc, released in a puff 3. the sound made by or associated with a puff 4. an instance of inhaling and expelling the breath as in smoking 5. a swelling 6. a light aerated pastry usually filled with cream, jam, etc 7. a powder puff 8. exaggerated praise, as of a book, product, etc, esp through an advertisement 9. a piece of clothing fabric gathered up so as to bulge in the centre while being held together at the edges 10. a loose piece of hair wound into a cylindrical roll, usually over a pad, and pinned in place in a coiffure 11. a less common word for quilt (sense 1) 12. one's breath (esp in the phrase out of puff) 13. offensive, slang a homosexual man 14. a dialect word for puffball verb 15. to blow or breathe or cause to blow or breathe in short quick draughts or blasts 16. (tr; often foll by out; usually passive) to cause to be out of breath 17. to take puffs or draws at (a cigarette, cigar, or pipe) 18. to move with or by the emission of puffs the steam train puffed up the incline 19. (often foll by up, out, etc) to swell, as with air, pride, etc 20. (transitive) to praise with exaggerated empty words, often in advertising 21. (transitive) to apply (cosmetic powder) from a powder puff to (the face) 22. to increase the price of (a lot in an auction) artificially by having an accomplice make false bids Word origin Old English pyffan; related to Dutch German puffen, Swiss pfuffen, Norwegian puffa, all of imitative origin |
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