puffy

英语

词源

来自puff +‎ -y。

发音

• 国际音标^(帮助)：/ˈpʌfi/

• 音频 (英国)：

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• 韵部：-ʌfi

形容词

puffy (比较级 puffier，最高级 puffiest)

1. 肿胀的，膨胀的；蓬松的
2. 喘粗气的

   puffy breath

   喘粗气

   A puffy fat man in a tracksuit came jogging around the corner.

   一个喘著粗气、穿着运动服的胖男人在一角慢跑。

3. 以夸张的表现和自负的方式说话或写作的。
   • 2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society 2011, p. 20:

     There has been much puffy stuff written about whether Lyell's uniformitarianism permitted variations in intensity of causes, or whether he applied his logic in a consistent way, and whether he assumed indefinite stretches of geological time.

衍生词

• foofy
• poofy