snuff

verb

/snʌf/

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they snuff	/snʌf/ /snʌf/
he / she / it snuffs	/snʌfs/ /snʌfs/
past simple snuffed	/snʌft/ /snʌft/
past participle snuffed	/snʌft/ /snʌft/
-ing form snuffing	/ˈsnʌfɪŋ/ /ˈsnʌfɪŋ/

Idioms Phrasal Verbs

[transitive] snuff something (out) to stop a small flame from burning, especially by pressing it between your fingers or covering it with something掐灭，闷熄，熄灭（小火苗） synonym extinguish
[intransitive, transitive] snuff (something) (of an animal) to smell something by breathing in noisily through the nose出声地嗅
- The dogs were snuffing gently at my feet.几只狗轻轻地嗅着我的脚。

Word Originverb sense 1 late Middle English: of unknown origin. verb sense 2 late Middle English (as a verb): from Middle Dutch snuffen ‘to snuffle’. The noun dates from the late 17th cent. and is probably an abbreviation of Dutch snuftabak.

Idioms

snuff it

(British English, slang, humorous) to die长逝；走向人生终点

snuff

noun

/snʌf/

[uncountable]Idioms

tobacco in the form of a powder that people take by breathing it into their noses鼻烟
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
… of snuff
- pinch
verb + snuff
- inhale
- take
snuff + noun
- box
Word Originnoun late Middle English (as a verb): from Middle Dutch snuffen ‘to snuffle’. The noun dates from the late 17th cent. and is probably an abbreviation of Dutch snuftabak.

Idioms

up to snuff (North American English)

(British English up to the mark)

as good as it/they should be达到要求；符合标准 synonym up to scratch
- Your work isn't really up to snuff.你的工作确实不合格。