3PHRASE [Vs inflect]愤愤不满;生闷气 If someone huffs and puffs, they express their annoyance or dissatisfaction with a decision or situation loudly but do not do anything to change it. 愤愤不满;生闷气
The British government huffed and puffed at the commission's decision.
VERB + HUFF | PREPOSITIONVERB + HUFF➤be in, get in, go off in生氣;動怒;怒氣沖沖地走開PREPOSITION➤in a huff生氣◇He's in a huff because he wasn't invited.他沒有得到邀請,正在生氣呢。◇She went off in a huff after losing the game.輸掉比賽後,她氣呼呼地走開了。➤huff over為⋯的惱怒◇Alison's in a huff over the joke they played on her.艾莉森為他們跟她開的玩笑而惱怒。