huffer

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈhʌfə/    美 /ˈhʌfɚ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A drug addict who gets a high by inhaling or sniffing (huffing) intoxicating fumes, as in glue or aerosols. US
  2. One who huffs. rare
    — “Taxi,” I yelled, “taxi,” racing across the street and grazing the bumper of a delivery van that veered and stopped short, the driver cursing me with proletarian gusto. I reached the door about half an arm’s length ahead of a grey-haired gentleman who huffed, “It’s mine, it’s mine,” and I dropped into the vinyl-covered seat, twirled the handle that lifted a safety-glass barrier between me and the huffer, […]
  3. A bully; a blusterer. obsolete
    — To be expos'd in th'end to ſuffer / By ſuch a Braggadochio Huffer.

词形变化

huffers plural

词汇关系

近义词
braggart

词源

From huff + -er.
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