puff up

• 肿起； 肿胀； 吹捧

英英释义

Verb:

1. make larger or distend;

   "The estimates were puffed up"
   

2. to swell or cause to enlarge,

   "Her faced puffed up from the drugs"
   "puffed out chests"
   

3. become filled with pride, arrogance, or anger;

   "The mother was swelling with importance when she spoke of her son"
   

4. praise extravagantly;

   "The critics puffed up this Broadway production"
   

近反义词

【近义词】

• bloat 使肿胀
• aggrandize 增加
• puff 喷出
• blow up 爆炸
• puff out 使膨胀
• swell （使）膨胀