Puff

[pʌf]

解释:

(noun.) a slow inhalation (as of tobacco smoke); 'he took a puff on his pipe'; 'he took a drag on his cigarette and expelled the smoke slowly'.

(noun.) exaggerated praise (as for promotional purposes).

(noun.) a light inflated pastry or puff shell.

(noun.) a short light gust of air.

(verb.) blow hard and loudly; 'he huffed and puffed as he made his way up the mountain'.

(verb.) to swell or cause to enlarge, 'Her faced puffed up from the drugs'; 'puffed out chests'.

(verb.) speak in a blustering or scornful manner; 'A puffing kind of man'.

(verb.) praise extravagantly; 'The critics puffed up this Broadway production'.

(verb.) smoke and exhale strongly; 'puff a cigar'; 'whiff a pipe'.

(verb.) suck in or take (air); 'draw a deep breath'; 'draw on a cigarette'.

(verb.) make proud or conceited; 'The sudden fame puffed her ego'.

(adj.) gathered for protruding fullness; 'puff sleeves' .

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解释:

(n.) A sudden and single emission of breath from the mouth; hence, any sudden or short blast of wind; a slight gust; a whiff.

(n.) Anything light and filled with air.

(n.) A puffball.

(n.) a kind of light pastry.

(n.) A utensil of the toilet for dusting the skin or hair with powder.

(n.) An exaggerated or empty expression of praise, especially one in a public journal.

(n.) To blow in puffs, or with short and sudden whiffs.

(n.) To blow, as an expression of scorn; -- with at.

(n.) To breathe quick and hard, or with puffs, as after violent exertion.

(n.) To swell with air; to be dilated or inflated.

(n.) To breathe in a swelling, inflated, or pompous manner; hence, to assume importance.

(v. t.) To drive with a puff, or with puffs.

(v. t.) To repel with words; to blow at contemptuously.

(v. t.) To cause to swell or dilate; to inflate; to ruffle with puffs; -- often with up; as, a bladder puffed with air.

(v. t.) To inflate with pride, flattery, self-esteem, or the like; -- often with up.

(v. t.) To praise with exaggeration; to flatter; to call public attention to by praises; to praise unduly.

(a.) Puffed up; vain.

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同义词及近义词:

n. Whiff, sudden gust.

v. n. [1]. Blow in puffs.[2]. Pant, breathe hard.

v. a. [1]. Blow.[2]. Praise (extravagantly).

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同义词及反义词:

SYN:Flatter, advertise, hawk, ventilate

ANT:Squash, disparage, lash, chastise, blast

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解释:

v.i. to blow in puffs or whiffs: to swell or fill with air: to breathe with vehemence: to blow at in contempt: to bustle about.—v.t. to drive with a puff: to swell with a wind: to praise in exaggerated terms.—n. a sudden forcible breath: a sudden blast of wind: a gust or whiff: a fungus ball containing dust: anything light and porous or swollen and light: a kind of light pastry: a part of a fabric gathered up so as to be left full in the middle: a light ball or pad for dusting powder on the skin &c.: an exaggerated expression of praise.—ns. Puff′-add′er a large venomous African serpent; Puff′-ball a dried fungus ball-shaped and full of dust; Puff′-bird a South American bird resembling the kingfisher in form but living on insects; Puff′-box a box for holding powder for the toilet and a puff for applying it.—adj. Puffed gathered up into rounded ridges as a sleeve.—ns. Puff′er one who puffs: one who raises the prices at an auction in order to excite the eagerness of the bidders to the advantage of the seller; Puff′ery puffing or extravagant praise.—adv. Puff′ily.—ns. Puff′iness state of being puffy or turgid: intumescence; Puff′ing the act of praising extravagantly.—adv. Puff′ingly.—n. Puff′-paste a short flaky paste for pastry.—adj. Puff′y puffed out with air or any soft matter: tumid: bombastic: coming in puffs.—Puff up (B.) to inflate.

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