| 词汇 | puffing |
| 释义 | puffing present participle ofpuff puff verb uk /pʌf/ us /pʌf/ puffverb (BREATHE)[ I ] to breathe fast and with difficulty, usually because you have been exercising: 气喘吁吁 He came puffing up the stairs.他气喘吁吁地上了楼。 [ + speech ]"I ran all the way home," she puffed (= said while puffing).“我是一路跑回家的，”她气喘吁吁地说。 puff and pant to breathe fast and with difficulty, usually because you have been exercising气喘吁吁 Animal physiology: breathing & stopping breathing aerobic asphyxia asphyxiation aspirate aspiration breathable breathe (something) in choke draw breathphrase expire huff and puffidiom hyperventilation lungful non-breathing out of breath pant puffed puffed out stifle strangulation puffverb (SMOKE)[ I or T ] to smoke tobacco: 吸（烟），抽（烟） She was puffing on a cigarette at the time.她当时正在吸烟。 He sat there, puffing away at a cigarette.他坐在那里，抽着烟。 Tobacco & smoking anti-tobacco ashtray big tobacco briar chain-smoker cigarette cigarette butt cigarette holder lighter nicotine patch passive smoking puffer roll up!idiom roll-your-own second-hand smoke shisha smokeless tar tobacco weed puffverb (BLOW)[ I or T ] to blow out in clouds, or make steam or smoke do this: 吹，喷出，冒出 The engine puffed a huge cloud of steam, then rolled down the tracks.火车头喷出一大股水蒸气，沿着轨道开始移动。 The chimney was puffing out clouds of smoke.烟囱向外冒出一股股的烟。 Emitting and ejecting discharge displace displaced displacement eject ejection ejector emission emitter expel expulsion exude give something off loose send send something out shed shedding spew toss Phrasal verbspuff something out puff up puff someone/something up puff something up Examples of puffingpuffing In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Puffing control solution alone did not evoke any currents. There is no observable reason for all the huffing and puffing that is going on. Puffing control solution alone did not evoke any current. As a friend said to me this morning, it is no use huffing and puffing when you have no air in your lungs. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There has been a considerable amount of huffing and puffing on this score. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 A great deal of huffing and puffing has gone on this evening about the financial aid we are giving to the industry. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The letter refers to the huffing and puffing. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 After a lot of huffing and puffing and vanishing into the jungle, he introduced a number of proposals. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There has been a lot of huffing and puffing on spending cover and match funding this morning. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 When the huffing and puffing dies down, most reasonable people will realise that this legislation is inherently sensible. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I would make only this comment: there has been a lot of huffing and puffing and windy talk about homesteading and other great successes. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Such a lot of huffing and puffing, such a lot of pompous, holier-than-thou sentiments and sanctimonious rubbish have been spoken tonight. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 For all the huffing and puffing, the facts are straightforward. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is no good puffing ourselves up and pretending that we are not in that position. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is this performance aspect of the review which has been submerged in all this huffing and puffing over the issue. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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