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exclamation pʊf 1Used to describe a sudden disappearance. once you've used it, poof—it's gone 你用过以后，噗——它就没了。 Example sentencesExamples - And then - poof! - she was gone, hidden behind a veil of silence.
- But the task force renames those data ‘metrics’ and - poof!
- Everything she'd been stressed about these past few days had vanished in a single night - poof!
- It is said that when a neighbor accidentally killed Gotti's young son when he struck the poor kid with his car, that the neighbor subsequently disappeared, poof!
- The evangelist of kitsch took one more bow, waved, and vanished - poof!
- If the miser tries to hoard the penny or spend it on himself - poof, a handful of ashes.
- Within half an hour, the persistent pain in my right hip joint just disappeared - poof! - and has yet to return.
- Nonetheless, just as I was fantasizing about how I could put my hands on that amount of money while remaining out of jail - poof, it was gone.
- No explanation of why, no apology, just gone - poof!
- You were freaking out beyond measure and then… poof!
- Maybe the kid just wandered off and ate a mushroom and - poof!
- As globalisation pulls hundreds of millions of self-reliant farmers off the land, they vanish - poof!
- This man rolls in dough, wouldn't it be a shame if suddenly all his money went - poof!
- Collect cells from someone vaccinated against anthrax, take the gene that encodes the resistance and put it into Agrobacterium tumefaciens, infect the plants and… poof!
- We were best friends in 7th grade, and then suddenly - poof!
- But they were gone; poof, gone forever, meshed into that heap pile of lost loves.
- Sachi and I were still arguing about completely pointless things like what it means to fall head over heels in love, when all of the sudden, poof!
- Big problem is that if Bugs gets hit by an enemy, poof!
- Well, as they always say, it only takes a couple of bad sorts to move in, and, poof, there goes the neighborhood.
- Well I tell you that once there was a 1500 word piece ready for the paper, and then - poof!
2Used to express contemptuous dismissal. 呸（用以表示不屑） ‘Oh, poof!’ said Will. ‘You say that every year.’ “哦，呸！”威尔说道，“你年年都这么说。” Example sentencesExamples - Oh, poof! You do not understand a little soldierly enthusiasm.
- Oh poof - you're no fun anymore.
OriginEarly 19th century: symbolic. noun puːfpʊfpuf British offensive, informal An effeminate or homosexual man. 〈英，非正式，贬〉娘娘腔的男人，男同性恋者 Synonyms gay, lesbian, gay person, lesbigay
Derivativesadjectivepoofiest, poofier ˈpuːfiˈpʊfiˈpufi informal 1(of a person’s hair) styled so as to stand out from the head in a rounded shape; bouffant. people with gigantic poofy hair and jean jackets 2(of clothing) puffed out. I'd never go for a poofy dress; it's not my style
OriginMid 19th century: perhaps an alteration of the archaic noun puff in the sense 'braggart'. exclamation 1Used to convey the suddenness with which someone or something disappears. 噗（用以表示人或物突然消失） once you've used it, poof—it's gone 你用过以后，噗——它就没了。 Example sentencesExamples - Nonetheless, just as I was fantasizing about how I could put my hands on that amount of money while remaining out of jail - poof, it was gone.
- Everything she'd been stressed about these past few days had vanished in a single night - poof!
- It is said that when a neighbor accidentally killed Gotti's young son when he struck the poor kid with his car, that the neighbor subsequently disappeared, poof!
- We were best friends in 7th grade, and then suddenly - poof!
- Collect cells from someone vaccinated against anthrax, take the gene that encodes the resistance and put it into Agrobacterium tumefaciens, infect the plants and… poof!
- No explanation of why, no apology, just gone - poof!
- The evangelist of kitsch took one more bow, waved, and vanished - poof!
- Well, as they always say, it only takes a couple of bad sorts to move in, and, poof, there goes the neighborhood.
- You were freaking out beyond measure and then… poof!
- This man rolls in dough, wouldn't it be a shame if suddenly all his money went - poof!
- Well I tell you that once there was a 1500 word piece ready for the paper, and then - poof!
- But they were gone; poof, gone forever, meshed into that heap pile of lost loves.
- Maybe the kid just wandered off and ate a mushroom and - poof!
- But the task force renames those data ‘metrics’ and - poof!
- Within half an hour, the persistent pain in my right hip joint just disappeared - poof! - and has yet to return.
- Big problem is that if Bugs gets hit by an enemy, poof!
- If the miser tries to hoard the penny or spend it on himself - poof, a handful of ashes.
- Sachi and I were still arguing about completely pointless things like what it means to fall head over heels in love, when all of the sudden, poof!
- And then - poof! - she was gone, hidden behind a veil of silence.
- As globalisation pulls hundreds of millions of self-reliant farmers off the land, they vanish - poof!
2Used to express contemptuous dismissal. 呸（用以表示不屑） “Oh, poof!” said Will. “You say that every year.” “哦，呸！”威尔说道，“你年年都这么说。” Example sentencesExamples - Oh, poof! You do not understand a little soldierly enthusiasm.
- Oh poof - you're no fun anymore.
OriginEarly 19th century: symbolic. nounpo͞ofpuf British offensive, informal An effeminate or homosexual man. 〈英，非正式，贬〉娘娘腔的男人，男同性恋者 Synonyms gay, lesbian, gay person, lesbigay
OriginMid 19th century: perhaps an alteration of the archaic noun puff in the sense ‘braggart’. |