puff·er /ˈpʌfɚ/
 吹氣的人,吹噓的人,做凸出花紋的人


 puff·er /ˈpəfɚ/ 名詞



 Puff·er n.
 1. One who puffs; one who praises with noisy or extravagant commendation.
 2. One who is employed by the owner or seller of goods sold at suction to bid up the price; a by-bidder.
 3. Zool. (a) Any plectognath fish which inflates its body, as the species of Tetrodon and Diodon of the family Tetraodontidae; -- called also blower, puff-fish, swellfish, and globefish.  They are highly poisonous due to the presence of glands containing a potent toxin, tetrodotoxin.  Nevertheless they are eaten as a delicacy in Japan, being prepared by specially licensed chefs who remove the poison glands. (b) The common, or harbor, porpoise.
 4. Dyeing A kier.

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 puffer
      n 1: delicacy that is highly dangerous because of a potent nerve
           poison in ovaries and liver [syn: blowfish, sea squab]
      2: any of numerous marine fishes whose elongated spiny body can
         inflate itself with water or air to form a globe; several
         species contain a potent nerve poison; closely related to
         spiny puffers [syn: blowfish, globefish]