| 词组 | puff |
| 释义 | puff [puffed, puffed, puffing] puff away puff away informal to smoke a cigarette, pipe etc: ▪ Richard Gourlain has been puffing away for 35 years. ▪ Nate just puffed away calmly on his pipe. ■ SIMILAR TO: smoke puff out puff out sth • puff sth out to make something become bigger by filling it with air: ▪ Popov puffed out his chest proudly and smiled as the audience applauded. ▪ Sandoval puffs out his cheeks to make the little girls giggle. ▪ A breeze puffed out the curtains. puff up 1. puff up • puff up sth • puff sth up to become bigger by filling with air, or to make something do this: ▪ Birds puff up their feathers to stay warm. ▪ The cookies will puff up while in the oven, and then flatten out again as they cool. 2. puff up if your eye, face, ankle etc puffs up, it swells because it is injured or infected: ▪ Sylvia's finger really puffed up where the bee stung her. ▪ Judging by how your ankle has puffed up, I think it might be broken. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑swell up |
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