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词汇 puffer
释义 puffer
noun[ C ]
uk /ˈpʌf.ər/ us /ˈpʌf.ɚ/

puffernoun[C] (DEVICE)


a small device that you use in order to inhale (= take in by breathing) particular medicines: (用来吸入药物的)喷药器
His bedside drawers were filled with empty asthma puffers.他的床头柜的抽屉里装满了用完的哮喘喷药器。
I came home from the chemists with a carrier bag of steroid puffers.我从药房回家,带回来一袋子的类固醇喷药器。
Synonym
inhaler
a device or machine that blows out air, gas, powder, etc. in short bursts: (气体、粉末)吹送器
Treat all cracks and crevices and entry points using the cockroach puffer, remembering to dust lightly and thoroughly.使用蟑螂扑灭器处理所有的裂缝和缝隙以及入口处,记住要轻轻地彻底除尘。
About 95 puffers, which use quick blasts of air to test for traces of explosive substances, are in use at the nation's airports.全国机场大约有95个吹送器在使用中,这些吹送器使用快速吹送空气来测试爆炸物质的痕迹。
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Medical & surgical equipment
AED
arthroscope
aspirator
balloon catheter
bioengineer
catheter
EKG
endoscopic
extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
face mask
FDG
first aid kit
magnetic resonance imaging
stenting
syringe
syringe driver
thermal blanket
tomography
tongue depressor
ventilator

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Machines - generators & pumps

puffernoun[C] (STEAM BOAT/TRAIN)


UKinformal
a steamboat(= a boat that is driven by steam):
The puffer was lying over slightly to one side and her mast lay at an awkward, unnatural angle.
The last Clyde puffer to have lugged cargo around the West coast is going home.
UKinformal
a steam train(= a train pulled by an engine powered by steam):
The venerable puffer will make three excursions a day between York and Scarborough from 20 July to 31 August.
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Passenger, cargo & military ships
banana boat
car ferry
clipper
coaster
container ship
Corvette
cutter
flagship
jetfoil
liner
schooner
semi-submersible
ship
steamboat
storeship
submersible
tall ship
transport ship
trawler
warship

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Railways: trains & parts of trains

puffernoun[C] (PERSON)


informal
someone who smokes: 抽烟者
Most bars provide an outside area for the puffers to puff in.大多数酒吧都提供了一个室外区域,让抽烟者可以在那里吞云吐雾。
All but the most blinkered puffers among us will freely admit that smoking is a nasty habit.除了最盲目的吸烟者之外,我们中的其他所有人都会坦率地承认,吸烟是一种讨厌的习惯。
informal
someone who breathes out heavily when they run, walk, or do exercise : (奔跑、行走或运动时)喘初气的人
Then, after a few months, I started to overtake the occasional huffer and puffer.然后,在经过几个月之后,我开始偶尔能超过一两个跑得气喘吁吁的人。
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Tobacco & smoking
anti-tobacco
ashtray
big tobacco
briar
butt
chain-smoker
cigarette
cigarette butt
cigarette holder
hookah
lighter
passive smoking
roll up!idiom
roll-your-own
second-hand smoke
shisha
smokable
smokeless
tar
weed

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Animal physiology: breathing & stopping breathing

puffernoun[C] (COAT)


(alsopuffer coat, puffer jacket)
a warm coat filled with thick soft material sewn into sections, especially one in which the sections look as though they are puffed up(= full of air): (分节缝制、看起来像充了气的)保暖大衣
She was wearing a puffer with a fur-lined hood.她穿着一件带毛皮兜帽的保暖大衣。
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Coats, jackets & cloaks
achkan
anorak
Barbour
barn coat
baseball jacket
dinner jacket
DJ
donkey jacket
double-breasted
doublet
lumber jacket
mac
mackintosh
mantle
Nehru jacket
single-breasted
slicker
smoking jacket
sports jacket
stole

puffernoun[C] (FISH)


(alsopufferfish)
a type of fish, usually found in warm or tropical seas, that can make itself larger by filling its stomach with water or air: 鲀鱼
Among other fish taken were a few small flounders, an occasional mackerel, and even sculpins and puffers.捕获的其他鱼类包括几条小鲆鱼,偶尔有一条鲭鱼,甚至还有杜父鱼和鲀鱼。
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Sea fish
albacore
American shad
anchovy
barracuda
beluga
eel
elver
flatfish
flathead
flounder
orange roughy
Pacific salmon
pilchard
pink salmon
plaice
sprat
stickleback
stingray
stonefish
striped bass
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