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be puffy
be puffy 表示处于肿胀状态，常用来描述身体部位。
Her face is puffy this morning.
她今天早上脸肿了。
肿胀的；浮肿的
puffiest — superlative of puffy
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肿胀的；浮肿的
swollen, especially because of fluid or gas
Her face is puffy this morning.
她今天早上脸肿了。
肿胀的；充气般的；枕头状的。
Swollen or inflated in shape, as if filled with air; pillow-like.
一阵阵地喷出或呼出的。
Coming or exhaling in puffs.
以夸张华丽且自命不凡的方式说话或写作。
Speaking or writing in an exaggeratedly eloquent and self-important manner.
脸颊鼓起的。
Having inflated cheeks.
Her puffy eyes made it obvious that she had been crying all night.
她肿胀的眼睛让大家一眼就看出她哭了一整夜。
The chef pulled the puffy bread out of the oven and set it on the counter.
厨师把蓬松的面包从烤箱里拿出来，放在台面上。
My fingers felt puffy after the long flight, so I stretched them gently.
长途飞行后我的手指感到肿胀，于是我轻轻伸展了一下。
be puffy 表示处于肿胀状态，常用来描述身体部位。
Her face is puffy this morning.
她今天早上脸肿了。
puffy 作定语时修饰名词，常与表示身体部位的词连用。
He came to work with puffy eyes.
他带着浮肿的眼睛来上班。
become puffy 表示从正常状态变为肿胀。
Her ankles become puffy in hot weather.
天气热时她的脚踝会肿起来。
Not this
My eyes puffy in the morning.
Use this
My eyes are puffy in the morning.
英语中形容词作表语时必须有连系动词 be；汉语形容词可以直接作谓语（如“眼睛肿”），所以容易漏掉 are。主语 My eyes 是复数，应使用 are puffy。
Not this
The puffy under my eyes went down.
Use this
The puffiness under my eyes went down.
puffy 是形容词，不能作主语或介词宾语；这里需要名词 puffiness 表示“浮肿、肿胀”。定冠词 the 后应接名词，所以把 puffy 改为 puffiness。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
肿胀的眼睛
After crying, her puffy eyes were noticeable.
哭过之后，她的眼睛明显肿了。
浮肿的脸
The allergy caused a puffy face.
过敏导致脸部浮肿。
肿胀的脸颊
His puffy cheeks made him look like a chipmunk.
他肿胀的脸颊让他看起来像一只花栗鼠。
浮肿的眼皮
She applied a cold compress to reduce her puffy eyelids.
她用冷敷来减轻眼皮浮肿。
肿胀的嘴唇
A bee sting gave him puffy lips.
蜜蜂蜇了他一下，他的嘴唇肿了起来。
《蓬松衬衫》（情景喜剧《宋飞正传》中的著名一集）
In the Seinfeld episode “The Puffy Shirt,” Jerry is forced to wear a puffy shirt on national television and feels embarrassed.
在《宋飞正传》的“蓬松衬衫”一集中，杰瑞被迫在电视直播中穿一件蓬松衬衫，感到非常尴尬。
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联想 puff（吹气）+ y：像被吹气吹得鼓起来的脸，就是浮肿的样子——puffy 即“浮肿的”。
语域：neutral 常见场景：medical descriptions of swelling、everyday talk about a swollen face or eyes puffy 本义指因液体或气体而肿胀、浮肿，属中性常用词。口语中常形容眼睛或脸部浮肿，医疗语境中也很常见，通常不带强烈褒贬色彩。
真正押韵的词：fluffy、huffy、scruffy、toughie，都以 /ʌfi/ 结尾（toughie 拼写不同但发音同韵）。注意：poufy /ˈpuːfi/ 看起来像 puffy，但元音是长音 /uː/，并不押韵；puff /pʌf/ 是 puffy 的词干形式，但只有单音节，也不押韵。
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