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puffer

/puhf-er/US // ˈpʌf ər //UK // (ˈpʌfə) //

河豚,河豚豚,河豚鱼,河豚的故事

Related Words

lackey奴才,仆人,奴仆,奴才们charmer魅力,迷人的人,魅力四射,魅力之星sycophant跟屁虫,跟班,附庸风雅,跟班的toady马屁精,拍马者,拍马屁者,马屁精们booster助推器,助力器,助推剂,增压器bootlicker马屁精,拍马屁的人,拍马屁者,马屁精们backscratcher仰卧起坐者,仰卧起坐的人,仰卧起坐,仰卧起坐器fawner媚娘,媚者,媚俗者,媚儿flunkey傻瓜,傻瓜式的,傻瓜式,傻瓜傻瓜apple polisher苹果抛光机,苹果研磨机,苹果打磨机,苹果磨光机brownnose棕色的鼻子,棕褐色的鼻子,棕鼻,棕褐色cajoler花言巧语者teacher's pet老师的宠物,教师的宠物,师范生,师资力量

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a person or thing that puffs.
    • : Also called blowfish, globefish. any of various fishes of the family Tetraodontidae, capable of inflating the body with water or air until it resembles a globe, the spines in the skin becoming erected: several species contain the potent nerve poison tetrodotoxin.
    • : a warm and lightweight jacket, coat, or vest with sections separated by quilted stitching and filled with down or synthetic fibers.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as inflatterer
Synonyms
backscratcher仰卧起坐者,仰卧起坐的人,仰卧起坐,仰卧起坐器booster助推器,助力器,助推剂,增压器bootlicker马屁精,拍马屁的人,拍马屁者,马屁精们charmer魅力,迷人的人,魅力四射,魅力之星fawner媚娘,媚者,媚俗者,媚儿flunkey傻瓜,傻瓜式的,傻瓜式,傻瓜傻瓜lackey奴才,仆人,奴仆,奴才们sycophant跟屁虫,跟班,附庸风雅,跟班的toady马屁精,拍马者,拍马屁者,马屁精们apple polisher苹果抛光机,苹果研磨机,苹果打磨机,苹果磨光机brownnose棕色的鼻子,棕褐色的鼻子,棕鼻,棕褐色cajoler花言巧语者sweet talker甜言蜜语者,甜言蜜语的人,甜言蜜语,嘴甜的人teacher's pet老师的宠物,教师的宠物,师范生,师资力量yes-person是人,是的人

Examples

  • The fact that your interviewer went into puffer fish mode and tried to shame you for committing some alleged breach of business etiquette should absolutely trip your warning system.

  • Triggerfish and puffer fish suffered a mass extinction, and it took nearly 20 million years for these swimmers to evolve enough new species to regain their lost diversity.

  • So I throw a Sherpa moment or puffer over that and I’m good to go.

  • Asked what three items he still had to have in his suitcase, Zee said: “The boots, the puffer jacket, and a pair of solid jeans.”

  • The Herland 33-inch pole high-pressure expansive steam puffer-engine commenced its up-stroke with steam of 150 lbs.

  • We could hear the puffer blowing at Gurlyn, five or six miles from the Herland Mine.

  • This high-pressure puffer pumping engine at Greenwich, in 1803, worked a pump of 18 inches in diameter.

  • At that time one of his high-pressure puffer-engines, with a cylindrical boiler and internal tube, was working in Staffordshire.

  • The Greenwich high-pressure puffer-engine did fourteen millions of duty with a bushel of coals, 84 lbs.

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