A bouffant hairstyle is one where the hair is lifted and puffed out, standing away from the head, especially at the top, rather than lying flat. It was a high-fashion look in the 1950s and 1960s — a round, airy shape, often held with backcombing and spray.

A bouffant hairstyleBouffant髮型is one where the hair is lifted and puffed out是把頭髮往上撐蓬起來的樣子，standing away from the head, especially at the top讓頭髮離開頭皮、尤其是頭頂的地方，rather than lying flat而不是貼著頭皮。It was a high-fashion look in the 1950s and 1960s這是1950、60年代的高級時尚造型——a round, airy shape一種圓潤蓬鬆的形狀，often held with backcombing and spray常常靠逆刮和噴髮膠固定。

You can also hear bouffant used of clothes or sleeves that puff out, but hair is the meaning students meet first. It is a describing word (a bouffant style), and people also say a bouffant for the hairstyle itself.

You can also hear bouffant你也會聽到bouffant這個字used of clothes or sleeves用來形容衣服或袖子that puff out蓬起來的樣子，but hair is the meaning students meet first但學生最先學到的意思是頭髮。It is a describing word這是個形容詞（a bouffant style像『a bouffant style』），and people also say a bouffant人們也會說『a bouffant』for the hairstyle itself直接指這種髮型本身。

It is not the same as an afro, which is about tight curls in a rounded shape, and not quite the same as a beehive, which is a tall piled style — though all three make the hair bigger than a flat cut.

It is not the same as an afro它跟afro（爆炸頭）不一樣，which is about tight curls in a rounded shapeafro指的是圓弧狀的緊密捲髮，and not quite the same as a beehive也跟beehive（蜂窩頭）不完全一樣，which is a tall piled stylebeehive是往上高高堆疊的髮型——though all three make the hair bigger than a flat cut不過這三種都會讓頭髮看起來比平貼的髮型大。