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huff

/huhf/US // hʌf //UK // (hʌf) //

愠怒,哼,哼哼,哼哼唧唧

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a mood of sulking anger; a fit of resentment: Just because you disagree, don't walk off in a huff.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to give offense to; make angry.
    • : to treat with arrogance or contempt; bluster at; hector or bully.
    • : Checkers. to remove from the board as a penalty for failing to make a compulsory capture.
    • : Slang. to inhale the vapors of in order to become intoxicated: to huff glue.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to take offense; speak indignantly.
    • : to puff or blow; breathe heavily.
    • : to swell with pride or arrogance; swagger or bluster.

Phrases

  • huff and puff
  • in a huff

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • It was completely quiet except for the whir of my cassette and the huff of my own breathing, my bike rolling over the slickrock and striated sandstone.

  • Meanwhile, Godzilla leaves Florida in a huff and makes his way to Hong Kong, on the way encountering King Kong, who is being transported to a Hollow Earth portal by boat.

  • Walking out in a huff would be rude, which is why you will be discovering unavoidable conflicts, for which you will apologize on your way out the door.

  • With that, he took a huff off a morning joint and moved into the throng of jovial patrons.

  • So we salute you, Mr. Fielder, even as we continue to huff and puff at the gym in pursuit of those rippling ridges.

  • In response, Smith quit the party in a huff that July, trashing it as insufficiently principled on his way out the door.

  • In elementary school, children will disagree and fight, then storm away in a huff and simply ignore each other.

  • Her grandmother, Elisabeth Huff, saw her last week, at her birthday party.

  • Their capital was limited and Mr. Young gave Mr. Huff his note for seven thousand dollars for a half interest in the business.

  • Oh, no, he went off in a terrible huff because the girls laid their plans before him and told him what they were going to do.

  • And the Colonel was so devoted to her, he might go off in a huff as poor Job Manning had done, and stand it out to the bitter end.

  • He's gone off in a huff about something; never mind, luncheon comes up all the same.

  • Patrick may perhaps fume and get into a huff about it, but who cares for Patrick?