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whiffhwIfn [C usually sing]a brief smell, carried on a current of air一阵气味，一股气味I caught/got a whiff of perfume as she swept past me.她从我身边走过的时候我闻到了一股香水的味道。During the first few months of pregnancy the slightest whiff of food cooking made my stomach turn.在怀孕的最初几个月里，一点点烹调味道也会使我反胃。He leaned towards me and I caught a whiff of garlic on his breath.他屈身向我靠来，我闻到了他呼吸里的一股大蒜气味。(fig.) There's a whiff of revolution in the air once again, the distant threat of civil disobedience.空气中又有一股革命的味道，远远可以感到公民不服从的威胁。(fig.) A strong whiff of corruption hangs over the government.政府腐败成风。"A whiff of grapeshot" (Thomas Carlyle in his book A History of the French Revolution, 1837)“一阵霰弹”（选自托马斯·卡莱尔的《法国革命史》）
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