英语词组huff and puff是什么意思，短语翻译、用法及例句-英语词组固定搭配大全

huff and puff

1. To struggle or exert oneself physically. We huffed and puffed, but we did finally manage to get the couch up the steps.

2. To breathe very heavily or laboriously. Running to catch the bus has left me huffing and puffing. You really should quit smoking—look at how you're huffing and puffing after a single flight of stairs!

3. To make an exaggerated show of one's anger, often by making empty threats. A: "Are we in trouble?" B: "No, just let him huff and puff until he's done—he'll forget all about it by tomorrow."

huff and puff

Fig. to breathe very hard; to pant as one exerts effort. John came up the stairs huffing and puffing. He huffed and puffed and finally got up the steep hill.

huff and puff

Make noisy, empty threats; bluster. For example, You can huff and puff about storm warnings all you like, but we'll believe it when we see it . This expression uses two words of 16th-century origin, huff, meaning "to emit puffs of breath in anger," and puff, meaning "to blow in short gusts," and figuratively, "to inflate" or "make conceited." They were combined in the familiar nursery tale, "The Three Little Pigs," where the wicked wolf warns, "I'll huff and I'll puff and I'll blow your house down"; rhyme has helped these idioms survive.

huff and puff

1 breathe heavily with exhaustion. 2 express your annoyance in an obvious or threatening way.

ˌhuff and ˈpuff

1 breathe heavily while making a great physical effort: They huffed and puffed as they carried the sofa upstairs.
2 make it obvious that you are annoyed about something without doing anything to change the situation: After much huffing and puffing, he agreed to help.

词组	huff and puff
释义	Idiom huff and puff 1. to breathe in a noisy manner. He was on the top of the hill long before I came up huffing and puffing behind him. 2. to complain. The owners will huff and puff about their financial problems and then not do anything to solve them. huff and puff 1. noun a state of high anger TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, 1978 2. verb to breathe heavily. From the childhood tale of The Three Little Pigs UK, 1890 huff and puff 1. To struggle or exert oneself physically. We huffed and puffed, but we did finally manage to get the couch up the steps. 2. To breathe very heavily or laboriously. Running to catch the bus has left me huffing and puffing. You really should quit smoking—look at how you're huffing and puffing after a single flight of stairs! 3. To make an exaggerated show of one's anger, often by making empty threats. A: "Are we in trouble?" B: "No, just let him huff and puff until he's done—he'll forget all about it by tomorrow." huff and puff Fig. to breathe very hard; to pant as one exerts effort. John came up the stairs huffing and puffing. He huffed and puffed and finally got up the steep hill. huff and puff Make noisy, empty threats; bluster. For example, You can huff and puff about storm warnings all you like, but we'll believe it when we see it . This expression uses two words of 16th-century origin, huff, meaning "to emit puffs of breath in anger," and puff, meaning "to blow in short gusts," and figuratively, "to inflate" or "make conceited." They were combined in the familiar nursery tale, "The Three Little Pigs," where the wicked wolf warns, "I'll huff and I'll puff and I'll blow your house down"; rhyme has helped these idioms survive. huff and puff 1 breathe heavily with exhaustion. 2 express your annoyance in an obvious or threatening way. ˌhuff and ˈpuff 1 breathe heavily while making a great physical effort: They huffed and puffed as they carried the sofa upstairs. 2 make it obvious that you are annoyed about something without doing anything to change the situation: After much huffing and puffing, he agreed to help.
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