puffy
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++puff·y /ˈpʌfi/ adjective 1 MIif a part of your body is puffy, it is swollen 〔身体部位〕肿胀的，鼓起的 Her eyes were puffy from crying. 她的双眼哭肿了。2 soft and full of air 松软的 puffy white clouds 朵朵松软的白云 —puffiness noun [uncountable]
Examples from the Corpus
puffy• The tissues, especially around the torso, looked puffy and bloated as the cells within decayed into methane and other gases.• Her eyes were puffy and pinkish and her pallid skin gleamed with sweat.• They were piggy-eyed and their hair was messed up, the women looking worse than the men, puffy and tired-looking.• He was up on the podium, still a bit pale and puffy, but recovering gamely from her suicide.• The cabins looked like puffy cinnamon buns, with their icing-white roofs.• In the thin atmosphere, faces became puffy, eyes almost disappeared and some people's sight was affected.• She answered the door, her eyes still puffy from crying.• She controlled herself sternly, forcing her face into a puffy obstinate shape.• She had on a puffy sweater and tight jeans.puff·y adjectiveChineseSyllable
Corpus a of body part is puffy, if your
puffy
puff‧y /ˈpʌfi/
adjective
1. if a part of your body is puffy, it is swollen:
Her eyes were puffy from crying.
2. soft and full of air:
puffy white clouds
—puffiness noun [uncountable]
puff‧y /ˈpʌfi/
adjective1. if a part of your body is puffy, it is swollen:
2. soft and full of air:
—puffiness noun [uncountable]