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1. Oxford American Dictionary

   puff

   • IPA[pəf]

   美式

   • n.
     a short, explosive burst of breath or wind；the sound of air or vapor escaping suddenly
   • v.
     breathe in repeated short gasps；(of a person, engine, etc.) move with short, noisy breaths or bursts of air or steam

   • verb: puff, 3rd person present: puffs, gerund or present participle: puffing, past tense: puffed, past participle: puffed

   • noun: puff, plural noun: puffs

2. • 釋義

   n.

   名詞

   • 1. a short, explosive burst of breath or wind a puff of wind swung the weathervane around 同義詞 gust, blast, rush, squall, gale, ... 更多whiff, breath, flurry, draft, waft, breeze, blow, literaryzephyr
   • ▪ the sound of air or vapor escaping suddenly the whistle and puff of steam
   • ▪ a small quantity of vapor or smoke, emitted in one blast the fire breathed out a puff of blue smoke
   • ▪ an act of drawing quickly on a pipe, cigarette, or cigar he took a puff of his cigar 同義詞 pull, informaldrag
   • 2. a light pastry case, typically one made of puff pastry, containing a sweet or savory filling a cream puff
   • 3. informal a review of a work of art, book, or theatrical production, especially an excessively complimentary one the publishers sent him a copy of the book hoping for a puff 同義詞 favorable mention, piece of publicity, favorable review, advertisement, promotion, ... 更多recommendation, commendation, mention, good word, commercial, informalpush, ad, boost, advert
   • ▪ British an advertisement, especially one exaggerating the value of the goods advertised the distinction between a trader's puff and a statement having legal significance is a fine one extravagant statements are regarded as salesman's puff 同義詞 publicity, advertising, promotion, marketing, propaganda, ... 更多push, puffery, buildup, boosting, patter, line, pitch, sales talk, presentation, informalspiel, hype, ballyhoo
   • 4. a gathered mass of material in a dress or other garment.
   • ▪ a rolled protuberant mass of hair her hair was drawn up into a series of padded puffs and curves
   • ▪ North American a soft quilt plump pillows and puffs
   • 5. a powder puff she sent her a box of dusting powder with a swansdown puff

   v.

   動詞

   • 1. breathe in repeated short gasps exercises that make you puff 同義詞 breathe heavily, breathe loudly/rapidly/quickly, pant, puff and pant, puff and blow, ... 更多blow, gasp, fight for breath, catch one's breath
   • ▪ (of a person, engine, etc.) move with short, noisy breaths or bursts of air or steam the train came puffing in
   • ▪ smoke a pipe, cigarette, or cigar he puffed on his pipe contentedly 同義詞 smoke, draw on, pull on, drag on, suck at/on
   • ▪ blow (dust, smoke, or a light object) in a specified direction with a quick breath or blast of air he lighted his pipe and puffed forth smoke
   • ▪ move through the air in short bursts his breath puffed out like white smoke
   • 2. cause to swell or become swollen he suddenly sucked his stomach in and puffed his chest out when he was in a temper, his cheeks puffed up and his eyes shrank
   • ▪ be conceited he was never puffed up about his writing
   • 3. advertise with exaggerated or false praise publishers have puffed the book on the grounds that it contains new discoveries 同義詞 advertise, promote, give publicity to, publicize, push, ... 更多recommend, commend, endorse, put in a good word for, beat the drum for, informalgive a puff to, hype (up), plug, raremerchandise