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huffily adverb uk /ˈhʌf.əl.i/ us /ˈhʌf.əl.i/ in an angry and offended way, especially when this is unreasonable: (尤指无理地)怒气冲冲地,气鼓鼓地 She warned huffily against compromising on critical issues. 她气鼓鼓地警告不要在关键问题上作出妥协。 "I didn't come here to talk about that," he said huffily.“我不是来这里谈这个的”,他怒气冲冲地说道。 See
huffy "I know that already," she said huffily. The CEO huffily withdrew his offer. The spokesman huffily cut off further discussion. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Becoming angry and expressing anger (almost) burst a blood vesselidiom ape ballistic bananas bay for bloodidiom blow chip fulminating fume get bent out of shapeidiom get your knickers in a twistidiom give someone evilsidiom roof sharp splenetically stew strop temper tempered throw |