puff

英 [pʌf] 美 [pʌf]

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※ 提供单词"puff"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照，中英文词源、例句和用法等。

puff 吸气，吹气，抽烟，喘气

拟声词，吸气或吐气声，引申诸相关词义。

puff (n.): c. 1200, perhaps Old English, puf, puffe "short, quick blast; act of puffing," from puff (v.). Meaning "type of light pastry" is recorded from late 14c.; that of "small pad for applying powder to skin or hair" is from 1650s. Figurative sense of "flattery, inflated praise" is first recorded 1732. Derogatory use for "homosexual male" is recorded by 1902.
puff (v.): Old English pyffan "to blow with the mouth," of imitative origin. Meaning "pant, breathe hard and fast" is from late 14c. Used of small swellings and round protuberances since 1530s. Transitive figurative sense of "exalt" is from 1530s; shading by early 18c. into meaning "praise with self-interest." Related: Puffed; puffing.

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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。