huff
英 [hʌf]
美 [hʌf]
- vt. 把…吹脹；激怒；蔑視
- vi. 吹氣；發怒；恫嚇
- n. 發怒
- n. (Huff)人名；(匈)胡夫；(英)赫夫
助記提示
1. 諧音“哈呼”-----模擬吹氣的聲音。
2. apparently imitative of exhaling. Extended sense of "bluster with indignation".
3. 引申義：氣鼓鼓的樣子、氣鼓鼓的說。
4. huff and puff：虛張聲勢；咆哮；暴怒，暴跳如雷。
中文詞源
英文詞源
- huff (v.)
- mid-15c., apparently imitative of exhaling. Extended sense of "bluster with indignation" is attested from 1590s. Related: Huffed; huffing. As a slang term for a type of narcotics abuse, by 1996. As a noun from 1590s; to leave in a huff is recorded from 1778. Popular terms for "strong beer or ale" noted from 1577 include huff cap as well as mad dog and dragon's milk.
雙語例句
- 1. After the row in a pub he drove off in a huff.
- 在酒吧裏吵了一架後，他氣鼓鼓地開車走了。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. She flounced out of my room in a huff.
- 她憤憤地衝出我的房間。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. He's gone back to London in a huff and good riddance.
- 他已經怒氣衝衝地回倫敦了，總算把他打發走了。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. He went off in a huff when she criticized his work.
- 當她批評他的工作時,他怒氣衝衝地走掉了.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 5. He left the room in a huff.
- 他怒衝衝地離開了房間.
來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》