puffer
noun [ C ] uk/ˈpʌf.ər/ us/ˈpʌf.ɚ/
(DEVICE)
（用来吸入药物的）喷药器
a small device that you use in order to inhale (= take in by breathing) particular medicines
His bedside drawers were filled with empty asthma puffers. 他的床头柜的抽屉里装满了用完的哮喘喷药器。
I came home from the chemists with a carrier bag of steroid puffers. 我从药房回家，带回来一袋子的类固醇喷药器。
Synonym: inhaler
（气体、粉末）吹送器
a device or machine that blows out air, gas, powder, etc. in short bursts
Treat all cracks and crevices and entry points using the cockroach puffer, remembering to dust lightly and thoroughly. 使用蟑螂扑灭器处理所有的裂缝和缝隙以及入口处，记住要轻轻地彻底除尘。
About 95 puffers, which use quick blasts of air to test for traces of explosive substances, are in use at the nation's airports. 全国机场大约有95个吹送器在使用中，这些吹送器使用快速吹送空气来测试爆炸物质的痕迹。
(PERSON)
informal抽烟者
someone who smokes
Most bars provide an outside area for the puffers to puff in. 大多数酒吧都提供了一个室外区域，让抽烟者可以在那里吞云吐雾。
All but the most blinkered puffers among us will freely admit that smoking is a nasty habit. 除了最盲目的吸烟者之外，我们中的其他所有人都会坦率地承认，吸烟是一种讨厌的习惯。
informal（奔跑、行走或运动时）喘初气的人
someone who breathes out heavily when they run, walk, or do exercise
Then, after a few months, I started to overtake the occasional huffer and puffer. 然后，在经过几个月之后，我开始偶尔能超过一两个跑得气喘吁吁的人。
(COAT)
(also puffer coat, puffer jacket)（分节缝制、看起来像充了气的）保暖大衣
a warm coat filled with thick soft material sewn into sections, especially one in which the sections look as though they are puffed up (= full of air)
She was wearing a puffer with a fur-lined hood. 她穿着一件带毛皮兜帽的保暖大衣。
(FISH)
(also pufferfish)鲀鱼
a type of fish, usually found in warm or tropical seas, that can make itself larger by filling its stomach with water or air
Among other fish taken were a few small flounders, an occasional mackerel, and even sculpins and puffers. 捕获的其他鱼类包括几条小鲆鱼，偶尔有一条鲭鱼，甚至还有杜父鱼和鲀鱼。