pouf

名词 n. 动词 v. 感叹词 intj.
中文释义
发音 po͝of

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A headdress for women popular in 18th century France. historical
  2. A high hair style for women consisting of a roll or pad of hair, worn up.
    — Hosaka, nearly everyone agrees, is a master of detail, an artist who tends his poodles’ poufs as if they were bonsai trees from his native Japan.
  3. Part of an item of clothing consisting of gathered fabric in a bunch.
  4. A low cushioned seat with no back; a padded footstool.
    — The voice came from the end of the divan but Hermione, seated square before the fire on a low pouffe did not turn to face its suave producer.
  5. A short skirt gathered into a rounded puffy shape; a puffball.
  6. A ball of fabric (such as nylon monofilament netting) used for washing (as an alternative to a flannel, washcloth, sponge, etc.).
  7. A small saddle cushion worn atop the buttocks (as a fashion trend – similar to a bustle). dated
  8. Alternative form of puff alt-of,alternative
  9. Alternative form of poof. alt-of,alternative
    — The same sort of blatant hypocrisy manifest in a tabloid paper notorious for its daily combination of a topless female centerfold with articles condemning the "immorality" of "poufs" and "queers."
动词 v.
  1. To make poufy or bouffant. transitive
    — to pouf the hair
感叹词 intj.
  1. Onomatopoeia indicating a cloud of smoke or wind; caused by a deflating object, or a magical disappearance.
    — Pouf, he was gone.

词形变化

poufs plural pouffe alternative poufs present,singular,third-person poufing participle,present poufed participle,past poufed past pouffe alternative

词汇关系

近义词
horse's hoof poofta pooftah poofter poof
衍生词
pouf paste

词源

词源 1
From French pouf, pouff, of imitative origin; compare puff.
词源 2
Imitative.
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