huff

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vt. 激怒, 发怒, 提高价格, 吹胀 vi. 吹气, 恫吓, 发怒 n. 发怒

发音

US /hʌf/
UK /hʌf/
AU /hɐf/
NZ /hɐf/
其它 /hʊf/

词形变化

huffs 复数 huffs huffed huffing huffs 三单 huffing 现在分词 huffed 过去式 huffed 过去分词

教材释义与例句

名词

发怒

动词

把…吹胀;激怒;蔑视

动词

吹气;发怒;恫吓

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A heavy breath; a grunt or sigh.

    With a huff, he lifted the box onto the back of the truck.

  2. 2.

    A condition of anger, annoyance, disgust, etc.

    比喻

    in a huff

  3. 3.

    One swelled with a false sense of importance or value; a boaster.

    废旧
  4. 4.

    The act of removing an opponent's piece as a forfeit for deliberately not taking a piece (often signalled by blowing on it).

v.
  1. 1.

    To breathe heavily.

    不及物

    The run left him huffing and puffing.

  2. 2.

    To say in a huffy manner.

    不及物
  3. 3.

    To enlarge; to swell up.

    不及物

    Bread huffs.

  4. 4.

    To bluster or swell with anger, arrogance, or pride; to storm; to take offense.

    不及物
  5. 5.

    To treat with arrogance and insolence; to chide or rebuke rudely; to bully, to hector.

    及物
  6. 6.

    To vex; to offend.

    古体 及物
  7. 7.

    To inhale psychoactive inhalants.

    及物
  8. 8.

    To remove an opponent's piece as a forfeit for deliberately not taking a piece (often signalled by blowing on it).

    及物

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词源

Probably an altered spelling of earlier *hough, represented by Scots hech (“to breathe hard, pant”). Compare also German hauchen (“to breathe”).

来源:wiktionary