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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（香煙、煙鬥等）
    • puff (at/on something) He puffed (away) on his pipe.他（一口一口地）吸着煙鬥。
    • puff something I sat puffing my cigar.我坐着抽雪茄。
    • She puffed furiously at her cigarette.她猛抽着香煙。
    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使噴出，冒出（煙或蒸汽）
    • puff something (out) Chimneys were puffing out clouds of smoke.煙囪冒着滾滾濃煙。
    • puff (out) Steam puffed out.蒸汽向外噴出。
  3. [intransitive, transitive] (+ speech) (informal) to breathe loudly and quickly, especially after you have been running急促喘息；氣喘籲籲 synonym gasp
    • I was starting to puff a little from the climb.爬坡弄得我有點喘息起來。
    see also puffed, puffed out
    Extra Examples
    • Far behind us, puffing and blowing, came Matt.在我們後面很遠處，馬特氣喘籲籲地來了。
    • He came puffing up the hill.他氣喘籲籲地往山上爬。
    • She was puffing quite hard by the time she reached the office.到達辦公室時她喘得相當厲害。
    • She puffed and panted behind the others.她落在别人後面，氣喘籲籲。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb
    • hard
    • loudly
    preposition
    • along
    • from
    • up
    • …
    phrases
    • huff and puff
    • puff and pant
    • puffing and blowing
    • …
    See full entry
  4. [intransitive] + adv./prep. to move in a particular direction, sending out small clouds of smoke or steam噴着汽（或煙）移動
    • The train puffed into the station.火車噴着蒸汽駛進車站。
    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.自滿；自負
    • He felt grown-up, puffed up with self-importance.他覺得長大了，便自以爲了不起。
    Topics Personal qualitiesc2
huff and puff (informal)
  1. to breathe in a noisy way because you are very tired氣喘籲籲；上氣不接下氣
    • Jack was huffing and puffing to keep up with her.傑克氣喘籲籲地跟着她。
  2. to make it obvious that you are annoyed about something without doing anything to change the situation發脾氣；憤然不理；生悶氣；氣呼呼
    • After much huffing and puffing, she finally agreed to help.她生了好一陣悶氣之後才終於同意幫忙。
    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氣喘籲籲；呼哧呼哧地喘
    • Eventually, puffing and panting, he arrived at the gate.最後，他氣喘籲籲地來到了門口。
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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（把氣體經口或鼻引到體内的動作）
    • He had a few puffs at the cigar.他吸了幾口雪茄。
    • Take two puffs from the inhaler every four hours.每隔四小時從吸藥器中吸兩口藥。
    • a puff on her cigarette吸一口她的香煙
    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（煙、氣等的）一縷，少量
    • a puff of wind一絲清風
    • She felt a puff of warm air on her face.她感到臉上有一股暖空氣。
    • Puffs of white smoke came from the chimney.煙囪冒出了袅袅白煙。
    • (figurative) Any chance of success seemed to vanish in a puff of smoke (= to disappear quickly).成功的機會猶如一縷青煙，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.千層酥；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（或講話）
    • The press is full of puffs for his new movie.媒體對他的新電影贊不絕口。
    • The magazine ran a puff piece on him last week.雜志上周刊登了一篇關於他的吹捧文章。
  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，我很快就氣喘籲籲了。
    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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