puff

• vt.膨らませる；誇張する；満足させる。
• 膨らます；開く；自慢する；誇張する
• n.パウダー?パフ；パフ；煙のパフ；塊；自慢、宣伝文句
• n. （パフ）人名；（独）ピュー

オノマトペ、息を吸ったり吐いたりする音。

puff (n.)

c. 1200, perhaps Old English, puf, puffe "short, quick blast; act of puffing," from puff (v.). Meaning "type of light pastry" is recorded from late 14c.; that of "small pad for applying powder to skin or hair" is from 1650s. Figurative sense of "flattery, inflated praise" is first recorded 1732. Derogatory use for "homosexual male" is recorded by 1902.

puff (v.)

Old English pyffan "to blow with the mouth," of imitative origin. Meaning "pant, breathe hard and fast" is from late 14c. Used of small swellings and round protuberances since 1530s. Transitive figurative sense of "exalt" is from 1530s; shading by early 18c. into meaning "praise with self-interest." Related: Puffed; puffing.

1. Wind caught the sudden puff of dust and blew it inland.

風が勢いよくほこりを吹き上げ、内陸に吹き飛ばした。

2.He took a puff on his pipe and shookhis head.

彼はパイプを吸って首を振った。

3.Can I tempt you with a little puff pastry？

シュークリームのお菓子を食べてもいいですか。

4.The magician vanished in a puff of smoke.

魔術師が煙の中で突然姿を消した。

5.He took a puff at his cigarette.

彼はタバコを一口吸った。