puff up

Related to word: puff

Phrasal Verb

Definition

  1. When a part of your body swells and enlarges due to infection or injury.

    (因感染或受傷)腫脹

    • His hand puffed up due to an allergic reaction.

      他的手因過敏反應而腫脹。

    • My ankle puffed up when I fell.

      我跌倒時,腳踝腫了起來。

    • The infection caused her cheek to puff up.

      感染導致她的臉頰腫脹。