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出处：按学科分类—语言、文字 辽宁人民出版社《英汉辞典》第999页（791字）

【释义】：

n．①喷，吹：a puff of wind一阵风．②吹喷声；一次吹喷的量：the puffs of a distant locomotive远处火车头阵阵喷气声．③粉扑．④(对书籍等)夸大，吹嘘，吹捧．⑤(衣服的)褶裥．⑥酥皮点心．

－vi．①喷出，吹，喷着气(或烟)而行进：A fresh salt breeze puffs across the bay．清爽的海风吹过海湾．He puffed away at his pipe while we talked．我们谈话时，他叼着烟斗一口一口地喷着烟．The train puffed out of the station．火车喷着气离开车站．②膨胀(up)：The sails puffed up．帆鼓起来了．③喘息：She can walk no further for she is puffing hard．她不能再走了，因喘得非常厉害．

－vt．①喷(烟等)，噗的吹去(灰尘等)：puff out a candle吹灭蜡烛．The wind puffed away the seeds of the dandelion．风把蒲公英的种子吹走了．②使喘气：He was rather puffed after the race．赛跑以后他喘得很厉害．③使膨胀：puff out one’s chest挺起胸膛．The balloon was puffed up．气球吹胀起来了．The toothache puffed out one side of his face．牙疼使他肿了半边脸．④(对书籍等)夸大，吹捧．puff·i·ness n．puff·y a．