puff

/pʌf/

意味: 一吹き、膨らみ

例文: Lena blew a puff of air.
　　  レナは息を一吹きした。

言葉のよくある組み合わせ: puff of smoke(煙のパフ), puff pastry(パイ生地), puff up(膨らむ)

定義: 何かが急に膨らんだり、空気や煙がふわっと出たりすることを指します。また、息を短く強く吐くことも意味します。風船が膨らむ様子や、煙がふわっと広がる様子を表現するのに使われます。

puffは約300,000語に1回程度の頻出度です。

口語性、形式性、抽象度、感情度

水平グラフ: 会話での使われやすさ、フォーマル度、抽象度（具体・概念）、感情度を示します。数値が高いほど、その特徴が強いことを表します。

感情分析

レーダーチャート: 怒り、期待、嫌悪、恐れ、喜び、悲しみ、驚き、信頼、ポジティブ、ネガティブの強さを示します。

　年代別単語頻度グラフ

このグラフは、1900年からの単語出現頻度の推移を示しています。値は ×10⁻⁸ スケールで表示されています。

　

Definitions(定義)

Noun: a short light gust of air
Noun: a light inflated pastry or puff shell
Noun: exaggerated praise (as for promotional purposes)
Noun: bedding made of two layers of cloth filled with stuffing and stitched together
Noun: a soft spherical object made from fluffy fibers; for applying powder to the skin
Noun: thick cushion used as a seat
Noun: a slow inhalation (as of tobacco smoke)
Noun: forceful exhalation through the nose or mouth
Verb: smoke and exhale strongly
Verb: suck in or take (air)
Verb: breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted
Verb: make proud or conceited
Verb: praise extravagantly
Verb: speak in a blustering or scornful manner
Verb: to swell or cause to enlarge,
Verb: blow hard and loudly
Adjective: gathered for protruding fullness

Parts of Speech(品詞)

Noun, Verb, Adjective

Examples(例文)

感情分析に使用された例文：

The magician made a puff of smoke appear suddenly.(魔法使いは突然煙の一吹きを出した。)
She took a puff from her cigarette and smiled.(彼女はタバコを一吸いして微笑んだ。)
A small puff of wind blew the papers off the table.(小さな風の一吹きが紙をテーブルから吹き飛ばした。)

 

Word Netから抽出した例文：

Noun: he took a puff on his pipe
Noun: he took a drag on his cigarette and expelled the smoke slowly
Noun: he gave his nose a loud blow
Noun: he blew out all the candles with a single puff
Verb: puff a cigar
Verb: whiff a pipe
Verb: draw a deep breath
Verb: draw on a cigarette
Verb: The runners reached the finish line, panting heavily
Verb: The sudden fame puffed her ego
Verb: The critics puffed up this Broadway production
Verb: A puffing kind of man
Verb: Her faced puffed up from the drugs
Verb: puffed out chests
Verb: he huffed and puffed as he made his way up the mountain
Adjective: puff sleeves

Synonyms/Antonyms(類語/反意語)

Synonyms(類語): blow, blow up, chuff, comfort, comforter, drag, draw, gasp, hassock, heave, huff, ottoman, pant, pouf, pouffe, powderpuff, puff, puff of air, puff out, puff up, puffed, pull, quilt, whiff

Antonyms(反意語):

Hypernyms/Hyponyms(上位語/下位語)

Hypernyms (General categories)(上位語): bedclothes, blow, boast, elate, exhalation, gust, inhalation, inhale, pad, pastry, praise, recommendation, seat, smoke, swell

Coordinate Terms(同じ上位語をもつもの): advertise, applaud, aspirate, baklava, beatify, bedroll, bedspread, belly, bench, blanket, blister, bloat, blow, bluster, box, box seat, carpet pad, chain-smoke, chair, character, cleaning pad, commend, compliment, distend, dowdy, eulogize, exhilarate, flatter, frangipane, french pastry, gasp, gloat, huff, inhale, insufflate, laud, mat, mattress, mattress cover, mattress pad, ottoman, panel, pant, patty shell, pie, pie crust, plastron, potholder, powderpuff, profiterole, puff, puffing, quilt, rat, rave, rugulah, salute, sandblast, sanitary napkin, sausage roll, sniff, snuff, snuffle, sofa, sonnet, stool, streusel, strudel, table mat, tart, throw, timbale, toad-in-the-hole, toilet seat, transdermal patch, troll, vol-au-vent, wind

Hyponyms (Specific examples)(下位語): cream puff, eiderdown, insufflation, patchwork, toke

Derivationally Related Words(派生語)

Derivationally Related Words: blow, comfort, drag, gasp, heaving, huffing, pant, panting, puff, puffer, puffing, puffy, quilt, whiff

Categories(カテゴリー)

Domain Categories: general

Usage Category: formal

Usage Context: descriptive, online

Grammatical Notes:
intransitive verb, transitive verb
countable noun

Prefixes/Suffixes(接頭辞/接尾辞)

Prefixes(接頭辞):

Suffixes(接尾辞):

Exam Level

英検準1級

Media Appearance(メディア登場例)

Books(洋書):

Movies(映画): Frozen, The Bad Guys

Other Information(その他)

Is Abstract?(抽象的な言葉?) Yes

Is Emotion Word?(感情的な言葉?) No

Emotion Categories: