puffing on [a cigarette/pipe/cigar]
puffing 在这里是动名词,表示‘吸(烟、烟斗等)’的动作;后接 on + 具体烟具。
Puffing on a pipe is his favorite way to relax.
抽烟斗是他最喜欢的放松方式。
喷烟;喷吐烟雾
puffings — plural of puffing
用力呼气;猛呼气;吹气者的行为。;蓬松的装饰物。;卖方对潜在买方所作的意见或判断,不构成事实陈述。;言过其实的吹嘘
the act of blowing tobacco smoke out into the air
吹气者的行为。
The act of one who puffs.
蓬松的装饰物。
A puffy ornament.
卖方对潜在买方所作的意见或判断,不构成事实陈述。
An opinion or judgment, often made by the seller of property to a potential buyer, that is not made as a representation of fact.
After climbing all those stairs, her loud puffing echoed in the empty hallway.
爬完那些楼梯后,她响亮的喘气声在空荡荡的走廊里回荡。
用法提示:puffing 是名词,作主语,表示用力呼气的声音。
I could hear the dog's steady puffing from under the porch.
我能听到狗在门廊下平稳的喘气声。
用法提示:puffing 是名词,作 hear 的宾语,指用力呼气的动作或声音。
The sound of his nervous puffing filled the small waiting room.
他紧张喘气的声音充满了小小的候诊室。
用法提示:puffing 是名词,作 of 的宾语,表示紧张时用力呼气的声音。
puffing 在这里是动名词,表示‘吸(烟、烟斗等)’的动作;后接 on + 具体烟具。
Puffing on a pipe is his favorite way to relax.
抽烟斗是他最喜欢的放松方式。
这个结构表示‘不断喷出(烟/气)’的动作或声音;在法律或广告语境中,puffing 也有‘言过其实的吹嘘’之意。
The puffing of the old train could be heard from far away.
老火车喷吐蒸汽的噗噗声从很远就能听到。
比 puffing 更宽泛,指整个吸烟行为(含吸入),而 puffing 强调一口口喷出烟雾。
通用词,不含吸烟义,也不强调用力,替代 puffing 表呼气时较平淡。
正式或医学术语,与 exhalation 同义,但更书面,不用于日常吸烟语境。
口语常用,强调用嘴吹出,可搭配 smoke(blowing smoke),范围比 puffing 广。
grammar · medium
易错句子He had a puffing on his pipe.
正确表达He had a puff on his pipe.
中文“抽一口”容易让人把puffing当作表示单次动作的可数名词,但puffing是动名词,指喷烟的整个动作;固定搭配take/have a puff后接可数名词puff,表示一口烟。
grammar · medium
易错句子He was out of puffing after the run.
正确表达He was out of puff after the run.
受中文“气喘吁吁”的影响,学习者可能把表示喘息动作的puffing误用于固定短语out of puff中;该短语要求使用名词puff,表示气短、喘不上气的状态,而不是喷气动作。
puffing 此处指“用力呼气/喷气”的名词义;inhalation 是“吸气”,两者为呼吸方向上的直接反义。若取“吹嘘”义,则无此反义。
puffery 是名词,专指法律/商业中对商品的夸大宣传;puffing 在法律语境下也指“言过其实的吹嘘”,但 puffery 是更正式的名词,puffing 更强调吹嘘这一行为。正式法律表述中通常用 puffery。
boasting 指人骄傲地夸耀自己的成绩或能力,主语常是人;puffing 指商家对商品或服务做言过其实的吹嘘,强调商业宣传而非个人自夸。表达个人自夸时用 boasting,表达商业性吹嘘时用 puffing。
hype 指媒体或商家通过夸张宣传来炒作,口语色彩浓;puffing 是较正式的法律/商业用语,指对商品言过其实的吹嘘。若语境是媒体炒作,用 hype;若是法律意义上的夸大宣传,用 puffing。
抽着香烟;吸烟
She stood by the window, puffing on a cigarette.
她站在窗边,抽着烟。
吐烟圈
He leaned back and began puffing smoke rings.
他向后一靠,开始吐烟圈。
气喘吁吁;直喘气
He reached the top of the hill, puffing and panting.
他爬到山顶,气喘吁吁。
不停地抽烟;喷着烟
He was puffing away on his pipe as he read the newspaper.
他一边看报,一边不停地抽着烟斗。
用力呼出;喷出
The runner was puffing out short, sharp breaths.
那名跑步者用力呼出短促的气息。
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root(同根词:puffer, puffery)
suffix(同后缀词:building, drawing, meaning)
吸烟时常伴随puffing的动作,香烟是常见吸食对象。
同样在吸烟场景中,puffing也指吸雪茄时喷出烟雾。
烟斗是吸烟工具,puffing是使用烟斗时的典型动作。
puffing的动作结果是产生烟雾,二者常同现于吸烟话题。
烟草是吸烟材料,puffing是燃烧烟草时的动作。
气喘吁吁;气呼呼地抱怨(或威胁)
The old man was huffing and puffing as he climbed the hill.
那位老人爬上山时气喘吁吁。
大口地抽着(烟)
She sat by the window, puffing away at her cigarette.
她坐在窗边,大口地抽着烟。
挺起胸膛(表示自豪或自信)
He stood up, puffing out his chest and boasting about his success.
他站起来,挺起胸膛吹嘘自己的成功。
呼哧呼哧地用力吹气
The wolf was huffing and puffing and blew the house down.
大灰狼呼哧呼哧地吹气,把房子吹倒了。
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