English Dictionary

chuff

IPA（発音記号）

/t͡ʃʌf/

動詞

自動詞 イギリス英語 俗語

(intransitive) To make noisy puffing sounds, as of a steam locomotive. / (Britain, slang) To break wind.

日本語の意味

蒸気機関車がパッと音を立てるように、勢いよく息を吐く（もしくはノイズのあるパフ音を出す）こと。 / （英国の俗語で）おならをすること。

As the steam locomotive began to chuff, a white plume of steam rolled over the platform.

蒸気機関車がシューシューと音を立て始めると、白い蒸気がホームに立ちこめた。

意味（1）

(intransitive) To make noisy puffing sounds, as of a steam locomotive.

The horses stumbled along, coughing and chuffing.

意味（2）

(Britain, slang) To break wind.

意味（3）

Of a powder, propellant, or explosive charge: to become extinguished and reignited intermittently.

Double base propellants often require ignition pressures of as much as 400 psia to avoid the problem of chuffing or hangfires.

chuffs （ present singular third-person ）

chuffing （ participle present ）

chuffed （ participle past ）

chuffed （ past ）