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 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++puff1 /pʌf/ ●○○ verb  1  [intransitive]HBHBREATHE to breathe quickly and with difficulty after the effort of running, carrying something heavy etc 喘粗气 George puffed and panted as he tried to keep up. 乔治喘着粗气想跟上。puff along/up etc An old man puffed up to them. 一位老人气喘吁吁地走向他们。 He caught up with Gary, puffing for breath. 他赶上了加里，累得直喘粗气。 → huff and puff at huff1(1)2  [intransitive, transitive] (also puff away)SMOKE to breathe in and out while smoking a cigarette or pipe 抽，吸〔香烟或烟斗〕puff at/on Kinane sat in silence, puffing thoughtfully at his pipe. 基南默默坐着 若有所思地抽着烟斗。3  AIR[intransitive always + adverb/preposition, transitive] if smoke, steam etc puffs from somewhere, or if something puffs it, it comes out in little clouds （使）〔烟或蒸汽〕一阵阵喷出，冒出 Steam puffed out of the chimney. 蒸汽从烟囱里一股一股地喷出来。 The boiler was puffing thick black smoke. 锅炉一股股地冒出浓浓的黑烟。 Don’t puff smoke into my face. 别把烟朝我脸上喷。4  [intransitive always + adverb/preposition]TTT to move in a particular direction, sending out little clouds of steam or smoke 喷着气[烟]前进 The train puffed steadily across the bridge. 火车喷着蒸汽稳稳地驶过了桥。5 puff something ↔ out phrasal verb puff out your cheeks/chestHBH to make your cheeks or chest bigger by filling them with air 鼓起双颊/吸气挺胸 Henry puffed out his chest proudly. 亨利自豪地挺起胸膛。6 puff up phrasal verb a) INCREASE IN NUMBER OR AMOUNTto become bigger by increasing the amount of air inside, or to make something bigger in this way （使）膨胀，（使）鼓起 The pastry will puff up while it bakes. 烘烤时油酥面团会鼓起来。puff something ↔ up Birds puff up their feathers to keep warm. 鸟类蓬起羽毛来保暖。b) MIif a part of your body puffs up, it swells painfully because of injury or infection 〔身体部位〕肿胀 My eye had puffed up because of a mosquito bite. 我的一只眼睛被蚊子叮咬后肿了起来。→ See Verb table

Examples from the Corpus

puff• It was a huffing and puffing.• People such as Safire huffed and puffed about her futures-trading profits, but the matter faded from view.• Eventually, puffing and panting, he arrived at the security gate.• You could see her puffing as she carried the heavy washing basket.• He just goes on past me, puffing away and shoving this trolley thing in front of him.• ""Sorry I'm so late Maxie, '' he said, puffing breathlessly.• With a cry of rage, he puffed on his much-chewed stogie and fired at us.• The father kept his cheeks puffed out because the third oldest burst into giggles every time she looked over at him.• Birdsong drifted through the open window and a breeze puffed out the curtains.• Diminutive body, pink puffed sleeves, dress a criss-cross of black stripes.• factory chimneys puffing smokepuff along/up etc• Ashby recalls his skin puffed up.• Subsequently, the soap became further puffed up.• They lack the sharp spines but are covered with fine prickles that are evident when the puffer puffs up.• The guy was all bristly and red and puffed up, in fatigue pants and a brown shirt.• And within the field, status comes from puffing up racial bragging points.• Her legs look puffed up, rubbery, but they keep moving.• The males responded by puffing up their chests and circling slowly towards each other.• As they obeyed, Mungo could see that the sorcerer's apprentice was a toad, puffed up with fear or pride.puff at/on• He puffed on a joint wrapped in yellow paper.• A grandfatherly figure puffs on a sousaphone to the accompaniment of drums and banjo.• He took such a long puff on his cigarette that he began to cough, his throat burning.• With a cry of rage, he puffed on his much-chewed stogie and fired at us.• Nate looked proud, puffing on his pipe as he told us about his adventure.• He stood in the hallway puffing on it for a few seconds to make sure it was fully alight.• A., clenches his cigarette between his teeth, puffs on it without taking it out of his mouth.• And then he stopped to chant and puff at the pipe.puff2 noun  1  SMOKE[countable] the action of taking the smoke from a cigarette, pipe etc into your lungs 〔对香烟、烟斗等的〕吸，抽puff on/at He laughed and took a puff on his cigar. 他笑着吸了一口雪茄。2  AIR[countable] a sudden small movement of wind, air, or smoke 〔风、空气或烟的〕一阵，一团，一股puff of smoke/wind/air/steam etc The dragon disappeared in a puff of smoke. 龙消失在一阵烟雾中。3. cheese/jam/cream etc puff DFFa piece of light pastry with a soft mixture inside 干酪/果酱/奶油等松饼4  [uncountable] British English informalBREATHE your breath 呼吸 I was out of puff (=had difficulty breathing). 我喘不过气来。5. [countable] (also puff piece) a piece of writing or a speech that praises someone too much – used to show disapproval 吹捧的文章[讲话]〔含贬义〕

Examples from the Corpus

puff• And yesterday the reaction from most was to blow a puff of smoke into the law's face.• The breezes are like a puff of air on a pinwheel.• It went to the ceiling in corpulent puffs.• At about a kilometre's range the whales' blow looked like small globular puffs of steam rising off the sea surface.• Roll out puff pastry sheet to enlarge it to a 10-inch square.• In a healthy larynx, the chords vibrate gently, releasing puffs of air that are transformed into the voice.• We aimed at the puffs of smoke we saw rising in front and on the left of us.• Now and again there was a tiny puff of smoke and the smack of a hand-grenade or a burst of machine-gun fire.took ... puff• With a flick he lit his cigarette and took a puff.• I took a puff once or twice in college.puff of smoke/wind/air/steam etc• A true old devil, Manson vanishes in a puff of smoke.• The breezes are like a puff of air on a pinwheel.• Breaths of flame and puffs of smoke leaping from the surrounding hillsides.• At about a kilometre's range the whales' blow looked like small globular puffs of steam rising off the sea surface.• In a healthy larynx, the chords vibrate gently, releasing puffs of air that are transformed into the voice.• There are no obvious signs of engine wear though a small puff of smoke exhausts following a warm start.• We aimed at the puffs of smoke we saw rising in front and on the left of us.• Now and again there was a tiny puff of smoke and the smack of a hand-grenade or a burst of machine-gun fire.From Longman Business Dictionarypuffpuff /pʌf/ (also puff piece) noun [countable] informalMARKETING an advertisement or other piece of writing in a newspaper etc that strongly praises a productOrigin puff1 Old English pyffan, from the sound

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puff¹ /pʌf/ verb1. [intransitive] to breathe quickly and with difficulty after the effort of running, carrying something heavy etc:
    George puffed and panted as he tried to keep up.
    puff along/up etc
    An old man puffed up to them.
    He caught up with Gary, puffing for breath. ⇨ huff and puff at huff¹(1)
2. [intransitive and transitive] (also puff away) to breathe in and out while smoking a cigarette or pipe
    puff at/on
    Kinane sat in silence, puffing thoughtfully at his pipe.
3. [intransitive always + adverb/preposition, transitive] if smoke, steam etc puffs from somewhere, or if something puffs it, it comes out in little clouds:
    Steam puffed out of the chimney.
    The boiler was puffing thick black smoke.
    Don’t puff smoke into my face.
4. [intransitive always + adverb/preposition] to move in a particular direction, sending out little clouds of steam or smoke:
    The train puffed steadily across the bridge.
     
puff something ↔ out phrasal verb
  puff out your cheeks/chest.to make your cheeks or chest bigger by filling them with air:
    Henry puffed out his chest proudly.
puff up phrasal verb
  1. to become bigger by increasing the amount of air inside, or to make something bigger in this way:
    The pastry will puff up while it bakes.
    puff something ↔ up
    Birds puff up their feathers to keep warm.
  2. if a part of your body puffs up, it swells painfully because of injury or infection:
    My eye had puffed up because of a mosquito bite.

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puff² noun
1. [countable] the action of taking the smoke from a cigarette, pipe etc into your lungs
    puff on/at
    He laughed and took a puff on his cigar.
2. [countable] a sudden small movement of wind, air, or smoke
    puff of smoke/wind/air/steam etc
    The dragon disappeared in a puff of smoke.
3. cheese/jam/cream etc puff a piece of light pastry with a soft mixture inside
4. [uncountable] British English informal your breath:
    I was out of puff (=had difficulty breathing).
5. [countable] (also puff piece) a piece of writing or a speech that praises someone too much – used to show disapproval