| 释义 |
snuff¹ /snʌʃ/ vt. | vi. | n. | phr.
I ❶ vt.
1. 〈旧〉剪烛花使(蜡烛)更亮
2. 熄灭，掐灭(蜡烛等)(out)
snuff out a match with one's fingertips 用指尖掐灭火柴
3. 〈口〉扼杀，消灭；谋杀(out)
an accident that snuffed out a life 造成一人丧生的意外事故
The perennial crises could snuff out a business recovery. 旷日持久的迭次危机会扼杀商业的复苏。
His goal was to snuff out all political opposition to his presidential ambitions. 他的目的是要消除一切不利于他实现总统宏图的政治对抗。
❷ vi.
1. 熄灭，被掐灭(out)
The lighted wick snuffed out. 点亮的灯芯熄灭了。
2. 〈俚〉断气，死去(out)
Greedy heirs waited for the old man to snuff out. 贪心的继承人等待着老头断气。
II n.
1. 烛花
2. 微弱(或微不足道)的东西；无价值的东西
3. 〈苏格兰〉生气，发火
take snuff at sb. 生某人的气
4. 〈废〉委屈；不满
5. 色情照片(或影片)
[ME < ?] phr. give sb. snuff 呵斥某人 snuff it 〈英口〉断气，死去 I was sorry to hear that he'd snuffed it. 听说他死了，我很难过。Their cat snuffed it last Friday. 他家的猫上星期五死了。 |