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資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Huff \Huff\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Huffed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Huffing}.] [Cf. OE. hoove to puff up, blow; prob. of
imitative origin.]
1. To swell; to enlarge; to puff up; as, huffed up with air.
--Grew.
2. To treat with insolence and arrogance; to chide or rebuke
with insolence; to hector; to bully.
You must not presume to huff us. --Echard.
3. (Draughts) To remove from the board (the piece which could
have captured an opposing piece). See {Huff}, v. i., 3.
Huff \Huff\, v. i.
1. To enlarge; to swell up; as, bread huffs.
2. To bluster or swell with anger, pride, or arrogance; to
storm; to take offense.
THis senseless arrogant conceit of theirs made them
huff at the doctrine of repentance. --South.
3. (Draughts) To remove from the board a man which could have
captured a piece but has not done so; -- so called because
it was the habit to blow upon the piece.
Huff \Huff\, n.
1. A swell of sudden anger or arrogance; a fit of
disappointment and petulance or anger; a rage. ``Left the
place in a huff.'' --W. Irving.
2. A boaster; one swelled with a false opinion of his own
value or importance.
Lewd, shallow-brained huffs make atheism and
contempt of religion the sole badge . . . of wit.
--South.
{To take huff}, to take offence. --Cowper.
資料來源 : WordNet®
huff
n : a state of irritation or annoyance [syn: {miff}, {seeing red}]
v 1: inhale recreational drugs [syn: {snort}]
2: blow hard and loudly; "he huffed and puffed as he made his
way up the mountain" [syn: {puff}, {chuff}]
資料來源 : Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing
huff
To compress data using a {Huffman} code. Various programs
that use such methods have been called "HUFF" or some variant
thereof.
Opposite: {puff}. Compare {crunch}, {compress}.
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