- [intransitive, transitive]
to be smoking a cigarette, pipe, etc. 吸，抽（香烟、烟斗等） - puff (at/on something)
He puffed (away) on his pipe. 他（一口一口地）吸着烟斗。 - puff something
I sat puffing my cigar. 我坐着抽雪茄。 🔊🔊 She puffed furiously at her cigarette. 她猛抽着香烟。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- furiously
- contentedly
- happily
- …
- at
- on
- puff (at/on something)
- [transitive, intransitive]
to make smoke or steam blow out in clouds; to blow out in clouds 使喷出，冒出（烟或蒸汽） - puff something (out)
Chimneys were puffing out clouds of smoke. 烟囱冒着滚滚浓烟。 🔊🔊 - puff (out)
Steam puffed out. 蒸汽向外喷出。 🔊🔊
- puff something (out)
- [intransitive, transitive] (+ speech) (informal)
to breathe loudly and quickly, especially after you have been running 急促喘息；气喘吁吁 Extra ExamplesFar behind us, puffing and blowing, came Matt. 在我们后面很远处，马特气喘吁吁地来了。 He came puffing up the hill. 他气喘吁吁地往山上爬。 She was puffing quite hard by the time she reached the office. 到达办公室时她喘得相当厉害。 She puffed and panted behind the others. 她落在别人后面，气喘吁吁。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- hard
- loudly
- along
- from
- up
- …
- huff and puff
- puff and pant
- puffing and blowing
- …
- [intransitive] + adv./prep.
to move in a particular direction, sending out small clouds of smoke or steam 喷着汽（或烟）移动
Word OriginMiddle English: imitative of the sound of a breath, perhaps from Old English pyf (noun), pyffan (verb).
Idioms
be puffed up with pride, etc.
to be too full of pride, etc. 自满；自负 He felt grown-up, puffed up with self-importance. 他觉得长大了，便自以为了不起。
huff and puff (informal)
to breathe in a noisy way because you are very tired 气喘吁吁；上气不接下气 to make it obvious that you are annoyed about something without doing anything to change the situation 发脾气；愤然不理；生闷气；气呼呼 More Like This Rhyming pairs in idiomsRhyming pairs in idioms
puff and pant
(also puff and blow informal)
to breathe quickly and loudly through your mouth after physical effort 气喘吁吁；呼哧呼哧地喘 Eventually, puffing and panting, he arrived at the gate. 最后，他气喘吁吁地来到了门口。
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- down and dirty
- in dribs and drabs
- eat somebody out of house and home
- facts and figures
- fast and furious
- first and foremost
- forgive and forget
- hale and hearty
- hem and haw
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- part and parcel
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- to rack and ruin
- rant and rave
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- signed and sealed
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- wax and wane