puffs

英 [pʌfs]

美 [pʌfs]

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
puff的第三人称单数和复数

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

• There was nothing he could do but sit there like an idiot and watch the ugly black puffs smashing up to kill him.
  他毫无办法，只好像白痴似地呆在自己的座位上，眼看着可怕的团团黑烟直往上喷，要弄死他。
• Where I had the most delicious lobster puffs I've ever eaten.
  吃到了最美味的龙虾泡芙。
• Puffs of steam and smoke came from the engine.
  一股股蒸汽和烟雾从那火车头里冒出来。
• And, I have something to look forward to: my hair growing out again so I can see the reddish-blonde curls softly falling around my shoulders instead of on the floor in little puffs.
  此外，还有一件值得我期待的事情：等我的头发再次长长以后，我又可以看到我那微红的卷曲金发柔顺地垂在我的肩头，而不是一团团地堆在地板上了。
• I love the Mini Puffs.
  我喜欢吃乐芙球。
• Carry the cream puffs carefully, for they squash easily.
  拿奶油松饼时小心点，因为它们容易压坏。
• Bakeries sell cream puffs.
  面包店卖奶油松饼。
• And the clouds that had hung in high puffs for so long in the spring were dissipated.
  入春以来，长久悬在高空的一团团浮云消散了。
• Instead, fish-specifically hundreds of silvery anchovies-were used to represent the quilted puffs of a Moncler dress.
  鱼类，特别是数以百计的银色凤尾鱼则被用来表现一款蒙特克莱尔女装上絮有棉花的那种鼓鼓的感觉。
• At first, he sewed empty cream puffs together, but the dress collapsed.
  他先将奶油酥空壳缝合在一起，但是做出来的裙子跨掉了。