puff

英 [pʌf]

美 [pʌf]

v.  吸，抽(香烟、烟斗等); 使喷出，冒出(烟或蒸汽); 急促喘息; 气喘吁吁
n.  吸，抽(把气体经口或鼻引到体内的动作); (烟、气等的)一缕，少量; 千层酥; 奶油酥; 泡芙

过去式：puffed　复数：puffs　现在分词：puffing　过去分词：puffed　第三人称单数：puffs　

CET4CET6考研TEM8

Collins.1 / BNC.9777 / COCA.8283

同义词辨析

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短语动词

短语用例

puff sth↔out

• 吹胀；使鼓起来
  to make sth bigger and rounder, especially by filling it with air
  1. He puffed (away) on his pipe.
     他（一口一口地）吸着烟斗。
  2. I sat puffing my cigar.
     我坐着抽雪茄。

puff up

puff sth↔up

• 膨胀；使膨胀
  to swell or to make sth swell
  1. The train puffed into the station.
     火车喷着蒸汽驶进车站。

习惯用语

v.

be puffed up with pride, etc.
• 自满；自负
  to be too full of pride, etc.
puff and pant
• 气喘吁吁；呼哧呼哧地喘
  to breathe quickly and loudly through your mouth after physical effort
huff and puffhuff and puff

牛津词典

verb

• 吸，抽（香烟、烟斗等）
  to smoke a cigarette, pipe, etc.
  1. He puffed (away) on his pipe.
     他（一口一口地）吸着烟斗。
  2. I sat puffing my cigar.
     我坐着抽雪茄。
• 使喷出，冒出（烟或蒸汽）
  to make smoke or steam blow out in clouds; to blow out in clouds
  1. Chimneys were puffing out clouds of smoke.
     烟囱冒着滚滚浓烟。
  2. Steam puffed out.
     蒸汽向外喷出。
• 急促喘息；气喘吁吁
  to breathe loudly and quickly, especially after you have been running
  1. I was starting to puff a little from the climb.
     爬坡弄得我有点喘息起来。
• 喷着汽（或烟）移动
  to move in a particular direction, sending out small clouds of smoke or steam
  1. The train puffed into the station.
     火车喷着蒸汽驶进车站。

noun

• 吸，抽（把气体经口或鼻引到体内的动作）
  an act of breathing in sth such as smoke from a cigarette, or drugs
  1. He had a few puffs at the cigar.
     他吸了几口雪茄。
  2. Take two puffs from the inhaler every four hours.
     每隔四小时从吸药器中吸两口药。
• （烟、气等的）一缕，少量
  a small amount of air, smoke, etc. that is blown from somewhere
  1. a puff of wind
     一丝清风
  2. Puffs of white smoke came from the chimney.
     烟囱冒出了袅袅白烟。
  3. 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。
• 千层酥；奶油酥；泡芙
  a hollow piece of light pastry that is filled with cream, jam, etc.
• 吹捧的文章（或讲话）
  a piece of writing or speech that praises sb/sth too much
• 呼吸；喘息
  breath
  1. 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。

柯林斯词典

• VERB 吸，抽（香烟等）
  If someonepuffs ata cigarette, cigar, or pipe, they smoke it.
  1. He lit a cigar and puffed at it twice...
     他点了一支雪茄，吸了两口。
  2. He nodded and puffed on a stubby pipe as he listened.
     他边听边点头，还吸着一支粗短的烟斗。
  3. Puffis also a noun.
     
  4. She was taking quick puffs at her cigarette like a beginner.
     她像刚开始抽烟的人一样很快地吸着。
• V-ERG 吹；喷；吐
  If youpuffsmoke or moisture from your mouth or if itpuffsfrom your mouth, you breathe it out.
  1. Richard lit another cigarette and puffed smoke towards the ceiling...
     理查德又点了一支烟，朝着天花板喷云吐雾。
  2. The weather was dry and cold; wisps of steam puffed from their lips.
     天气又干又冷，他们嘴里哈出缕缕白气。
  3. Puff outmeans the same aspuff.
     puff out同puff
  4. He drew heavily on his cigarette and puffed out a cloud of smoke.
     他猛吸了一口烟，吐出一团烟雾。
• VERB （引擎、烟囱或锅炉）冒（烟或气）
  If an engine, chimney, or boilerpuffssmoke or steam, clouds of smoke or steam come out of it.
  1. As I completed my 26th lap the Porsche puffed blue smoke.
     我跑了26圈时，保时捷车冒出了蓝烟。
• N-COUNT （吹出的）一缕，一股
  Apuff ofsomething such as air or smoke is a small amount of it that is blown out from somewhere.
  1. Wind caught the sudden puff of dust and blew it inland.
     风猛地刮起一阵灰尘，将它吹往内陆。
• VERB 喘息；喘气
  If youare puffing, you are breathing loudly and quickly with your mouth open because you are out of breath after a lot of physical effort.
  1. I know nothing about boxing, but I could see he was unfit, because he was puffing.
     我对拳击一无所知，但我能看出他状态不佳，因为他在急促喘息。
• N-COUNT 吹捧；吹嘘
  Apuff forsomething such as a book, film, product, or organization is something that is done or said in order to attract people's attention and tell them how good it is.
  1. What is presented to the public as a critical evaluation is really an elaborate puff for him and his magazine.
     公众所看到的评论界的好评实际上是对他和他的杂志的一种吹捧。
  2. Puffis also a verb.
     
  3. He puffed the new system by showing how badly his existing system performed by comparison.
     他通过比较，展示了当前的系统运行得如何不好，以此来吹捧这种新的系统。
• 同poof
  Apuffis the same as apoof.
• See also:puffed

双语例句

• He blew out three candles with a single puff.
  他一口气吹灭了三根蜡烛。
• She stubbed out the cigarette after the first puff.
  她抽了一口香烟就把它掐灭了。
• The foam was so light that they could puff it out of their hands and watch it float away.
  泡沫是这么轻，他们可以吹出来的，他们的手和观赏花车。
• I know nothing about boxing, but I could see he was unfit, because he was puffing.
  我对拳击一无所知，但我能看出他状态不佳，因为他在急促喘息。
• His story ended with his pipe's last dying puff.
  他的烟斗喷出最后一口有气无力的烟，他的故事也讲完了。
• Any chance of success seemed to vanish in a puff of smoke.
  成功的机会犹如一缕青烟，瞬息即逝。
• But this is not puff Oh! Well so much for the bar, good-bye!
  但这绝不是吹的，好了就说这么多了吧，各位再见！
• He lit a cigar and puffed at it twice
  他点了一支雪茄，吸了两口。
• He took a puff on his cigarette and moved his shoulders a bit.
  他吸了口烟，略微活动了一下肩膀。
• He nodded and puffed on a stubby pipe as he listened.
  他边听边点头，还吸着一支粗短的烟斗。