huff[hʌf]

• n.
  • 生气，发怒
  • 吹气；一阵风
  • 【跳棋】去子
• vt.
  • 激怒，触怒；冒犯：

    How did you huff him?

    你怎么惹得他发火了?

  • 傲慢地对待；蔑视；吓唬，恫吓：

    She said she huffed the persons who flattered her.

    她说她看不起那些拍她马屁的人。

    to huff someone into (或out of)

    把某人吓得…

    to huff someone to pieces

    拼命欺负某人

  • 给…充气；使膨胀，使增加：

    to huff a balloon

    给气球充气

    The trade with foreign countries is being huffed now.

    境外贸易正不断增加。

  • 【跳棋】取掉(对方未及时跳走)的棋子
• vi.
  • 生气，发怒：

    She huffed to me and didn't say anything, no matter how I coaxed her.

    她生我的气了，不管我怎么哄她，她也不再理我。

  • 吹气，喷气；深呼吸：

    Her train huffed out of the town.

    她乘坐的火车喷着气驶离了城镇。

  • 气鼓鼓地离去：

    She huffed off the house when her mother scolded her.

    她母亲责骂她时，她气鼓鼓地离开了家。

  • 吓唬，恫吓：

    I don't huff easily, you can do anything what you want.

    我可不是容易被吓唬的，随便你怎么干我都应付得了。

  • [废语]傲慢，自大
• 短语:
  • get(或go)into a huff 发怒；见怪
  • in a huff 怒气冲冲的(地)，生气的(地)
  • put someone into a huff 触犯某人，惹某人发怒
  • take (the) huff = get into a huff