△1533年，Catherine de’ Medici 嫁到法国时，带了一支来自佛罗伦萨的意大利厨师团队，其中名为Pantanelli 的厨师发挥了关键作用。他结合意大利传统甜点工艺与法国食材，发明了一种名为 pâté à Pantanelli 的甜品。这种甜品以烫面（面粉与沸水混合）为基础，加入鸡蛋制成面团，烤制后形成蓬松的外壳，内部中空，被认为是现代泡芙的直接雏形。这一发明满足了凯瑟琳对家乡风味的思念，也为法国甜点界带来了全新的品种。
He sat there, puffing away at / on a cigarette. 他坐在那里，抽着烟。
The engine puffed out a huge cloud of steam, then rolled down the tracks. 火车头喷出一大股水蒸气，沿着轨道开始移动。
(n.)
A puff of wind blew her hat off her head. 一阵风把她的帽子吹掉了。
也可以引申为吹捧：
Critics puffed up the movie as “a masterpiece”, but many viewers found it boring. 评论家们把这部电影吹捧为“杰作”，但很多观众觉得它很无聊。
近形
huff 与 puff 词形和词义相近，前者为”发怒”，”吹气”之意，习语 huff and puff 用来形容气喘吁吁或生闷气的动作。
Jack was huffing and puffing to keep up with her. 杰克气喘吁吁地跟着她。
After much huffing and puffing, she finally agreed to help. 她生了好一阵闷气之后才终于同意帮忙。
影视
△The Shining (《闪灵》1980)
小说
《无人生还》(And Then There Were None) 的作者是英国著名侦探小说家阿加莎·克里斯蒂(Agatha Christie，1890-1976)。她被誉为”推理小说女王 (The Queen of Mystery) “，该作品是其1939年创作的长篇小说，开创了”暴风雪山庄”和”童谣杀人”的小说模式，全球销量超过一亿册，被译为多种语言并多次改编为影视及舞台作品。
△Agatha Christie
In the corner of a first-class smoking carriage, Mr Justice Wargrave, lately retired from the bench, puffed at a cigar and ran an interested eye through the political news in The Times.He laid the paper down and glanced out of the window. They were running now through Somerset. He glanced at his watch—another two hours to go.
– Extracted from Chapter 1 of And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
