1 VERB (忍住不哭或表示不赞成时)抽鼻子 When you sniff, you breathe in air through your nose hard enough to make a sound, for example when you are trying not to cry, or in order to show disapproval. (忍住不哭或表示不赞成时)抽鼻子
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She wiped her face and sniffed loudly. [VERB]
她抹了一把脸,很响地抽着鼻子。
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Moira looked around and sniffed. 'This place badly needs a decorator.'. [VERB]
莫伊拉环顾四周,抽了抽鼻子。“这个地方太需要有人来装修一下了。”
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Then he sniffed. There was a smell of burning. [VERB]
然后他抽了抽鼻子,发觉有一股烧焦的味道。
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He sniffed back the tears. [VERB noun with adv.]
他抽着鼻子,把眼泪忍了下去。
SYN breathe in, inhale, snuffle, snuff
2 VERB 闻;嗅 If you sniff something or sniff at it, you smell it by sniffing. 闻;嗅
SYN smell, nose, breathe in, scent
3 VERB 嗤之以鼻地表示;轻蔑地说 You can use sniff to indicate that someone says something in a way that shows their disapproval or contempt. 嗤之以鼻地表示;轻蔑地说
4 VERB [usually passive] 轻视;蔑视 If you say that something is not to be sniffed at, you think it is very good or worth having. If someone sniffs at something, they do not think it is good enough, or they express their contempt for it. 轻视;蔑视
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The salary was not to be sniffed at either. [be V-ed + at]
这份工资也不容小觑。
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Foreign Office sources sniffed at reports that British troops might be sent. [VERB + at]
外交部消息人士对有可能派出英国军队的报道不屑一顾。
5 VERB 用鼻子吸入(胶毒等) If someone sniffs a substance such as glue, they deliberately breathe in the substance or the gases from it as a drug. 用鼻子吸入(胶毒等)
6 N-SING 嗅到;感觉到 If you get a sniff of something, you learn or guess that it might be happening or might be near. 嗅到;感觉到 [informal]
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You know what they'll be like if they get a sniff of a murder investigation. [+ of]
你知道如果他们嗅到马上会进行谋杀调查会怎么样。
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Have the Press got a sniff yet?.
新闻界嗅到了一点消息没有?
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Then, at the first sniff of danger, he was back at his post. [+ of]
然后,他一嗅到危险的气息,便马上回到自己的岗位。
SYN hint, clue, inkling, sign
7 N-SING [usu a N of, usually with brd-neg] 一丝;一点儿 If you say that someone has not had a sniff of something, you mean that they have not had even a small chance of getting it. 一丝;一点儿 [informal]
Phrasal verbs: - sniff aroundsniff outsniff round
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