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puff

verb
/pʌf/
/pʌf/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they puff
/pʌf/
/pʌf/
he / she / it puffs
/pʌfs/
/pʌfs/
past simple puffed
/pʌft/
/pʌft/
past participle puffed
/pʌft/
/pʌft/
-ing form puffing
/ˈpʌfɪŋ/
/ˈpʌfɪŋ/
Idioms Phrasal Verbs
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  1. [intransitive, transitive] to be smoking a cigarette, pipe, etc.吸，抽（香烟、烟斗等）
    • puff (at/on something) He puffed (away) on his pipe.他（一口一口地）吸着烟斗。
    • puff something I sat puffing my cigar.我坐着抽雪茄。
    • She puffed furiously at her cigarette.她猛抽着香烟。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb
    • furiously
    • contentedly
    • happily
    • …
    preposition
    • at
    • on
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  2. [transitive, intransitive] to make smoke or steam blow out in clouds; to blow out in clouds使喷出，冒出（烟或蒸汽）
    • puff something (out) Chimneys were puffing out clouds of smoke.烟囱冒着滚滚浓烟。
    • puff (out) Steam puffed out.蒸汽向外喷出。
  3. [intransitive, transitive] (+ speech) (informal) to breathe loudly and quickly, especially after you have been running急促喘息；气喘吁吁 synonym gasp
    • I was starting to puff a little from the climb.爬坡弄得我有点喘息起来。
    see also puffed, puffed out
    Extra Examples
    • Far behind us, puffing and blowing, came Matt.在我们后面很远处，马特气喘吁吁地来了。
    • He came puffing up the hill.他气喘吁吁地往山上爬。
    • She was puffing quite hard by the time she reached the office.到达办公室时她喘得相当厉害。
    • She puffed and panted behind the others.她落在别人后面，气喘吁吁。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb
    • hard
    • loudly
    preposition
    • along
    • from
    • up
    • …
    phrases
    • huff and puff
    • puff and pant
    • puffing and blowing
    • …
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  4. [intransitive] + adv./prep. to move in a particular direction, sending out small clouds of smoke or steam喷着汽（或烟）移动
    • The train puffed into the station.火车喷着蒸汽驶进车站。
    5. Word OriginMiddle English: imitative of the sound of a breath, perhaps from Old English pyf (noun), pyffan (verb).
Idioms
be puffed up with pride, etc.
  1. to be too full of pride, etc.自满；自负
    • He felt grown-up, puffed up with self-importance.他觉得长大了，便自以为了不起。
    Topics Personal qualitiesc2
huff and puff (informal)
  1. to breathe in a noisy way because you are very tired气喘吁吁；上气不接下气
    • Jack was huffing and puffing to keep up with her.杰克气喘吁吁地跟着她。
  2. to make it obvious that you are annoyed about something without doing anything to change the situation发脾气；愤然不理；生闷气；气呼呼
    • After much huffing and puffing, she finally agreed to help.她生了好一阵闷气之后才终于同意帮忙。
    Topics Feelingsc2
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puff and pant
(also puff and blow informal)
  1. to breathe quickly and loudly through your mouth after physical effort气喘吁吁；呼哧呼哧地喘
    • Eventually, puffing and panting, he arrived at the gate.最后，他气喘吁吁地来到了门口。
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puff

noun
/pʌf/
/pʌf/
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  1. [countable] an act of breathing in something such as smoke from a cigarette, or drugs吸，抽（把气体经口或鼻引到体内的动作）
    • He had a few puffs at the cigar.他吸了几口雪茄。
    • Take two puffs from the inhaler every four hours.每隔四小时从吸药器中吸两口药。
    • a puff on her cigarette吸一口她的香烟
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • long
    • short
    verb + puff
    • have
    • take
    preposition
    • puff on
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  2. [countable] a small amount of air, smoke, etc. that is blown from somewhere（烟、气等的）一缕，少量
    • a puff of wind一丝清风
    • She felt a puff of warm air on her face.她感到脸上有一股暖空气。
    • Puffs of white smoke came from the chimney.烟囱冒出了袅袅白烟。
    • (figurative) Any chance of success seemed to vanish in a puff of smoke (= to disappear quickly).成功的机会犹如一缕青烟，瞬息即逝。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • little
    • small
    • tiny
    • …
    preposition
    • puff of
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  3. [countable] a hollow piece of light pastry that is filled with cream, jam, etc.千层酥；奶油酥；泡芙 see also cream puff
  4. (North American English also puff piece)
     [countable] (informal, usually disapproving) a piece of writing or speech that praises somebody/something too much吹捧的文章（或讲话）
    • The press is full of puffs for his new movie.媒体对他的新电影赞不绝口。
    • The magazine ran a puff piece on him last week.杂志上周刊登了一篇关于他的吹捧文章。
  5. [uncountable] (especially British English, informal) breath呼吸；喘息
    • The hill was very steep and I soon ran out of puff.山坡陡峭，我很快就气喘吁吁了。
    6. see also powder puff
    Word OriginMiddle English: imitative of the sound of a breath, perhaps from Old English pyf (noun), pyffan (verb).

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