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词汇 puff-up
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puff up


phrasal verb with puffverbuk /pʌf/ us /pʌf/
If part of your body puffs up, it becomes bigger because it is infected or injured: (因感染或受伤)肿胀
My leg puffed up all around the insect bite.我腿上被昆虫叮咬的部位肿了起来。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Becoming bigger
accrete
accrue
anti-growth
balloon
bell
billow
bump
elongate
engorge
engorged
enlarge
enlargement
outgrow
over-expansion
pile
pile on the poundsidiom
puff
put something on
regenerate
stretch

puff someone/something up


phrasal verb with puffverbuk /pʌf/ us /pʌf/
to talk a lot about how excellent or important someone or something is, sometimes praising them or it more than is deserved:
The report puffs him up until he sounds like the chairman.
The media think they have to find exciting stories and puff them up.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Praising and applauding
acclaim
acclamation
accolade
adulate
adulation
clap
compliment
encomium
enthrone
enthronement
eulogistic
eulogistically
hail
laurel wreath
ode
ooh
ooh and aahidiom
ovation
overpraise
puff

puff something up


phrasal verb with puffverbuk /pʌf/ us /pʌf/
to become larger or full of air, or to make something become larger in this way: (使)膨胀,(使)鼓起
When the crust is golden and puffed up, take the pie out of the oven.当外面的酥皮变成金黄色并鼓起来时,把馅饼从烤箱拿出来。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Becoming bigger
accrete
accrue
anti-growth
balloon
bell
billow
bump
elongate
engorge
engorged
enlarge
enlargement
outgrow
over-expansion
pile
pile on the poundsidiom
puff
put something on
regenerate
stretch

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