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| 1 | I/T to breathe in noisily through your nose , for example because you have been crying （哧哧地）以鼻吸气，抽鼻子 |
| Amanda sniffed and wiped her nose. 阿曼达哧哧地抽了抽鼻子，然后又抹了一下。 |
| ‘It wasn’ t my fault!’ he sniffed. “这不是我的错！”他哧哧地抽着鼻子说道。 |
| | 1a | to smell something 嗅；闻 | | +at Henry sniffed at the flowers appreciatively. 亨利尽情地嗅着花香。 | |
| | 1b | to deliberately breathe a harmful substance in through your nose 用鼻子吸（有害物） | |
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| 2 | I to criticize something or suggest it is not good enough for you 对…嗤之以鼻；轻蔑地批评 |
| +at Critics tend to sniff at his music. 评论家们常常对他的音乐嗤之以鼻。 |
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| - | not to be sniffed at BRITISH informal
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| very good or good enough to consider having |
| 非常好；值得认真考虑；不可嗤之以鼻 |
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| - | ˌsniff aˈround or ˌsniff ˈround BRITISH |
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| 1 | sniff around sth: to try to find out information 四处查看 | Military police have been sniffing around the bars. 宪兵一直在各个酒吧四处查探。 | |
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| 2 | sniff around sb: to try to persuade someone to have a sexual relationship with you 劝诱；引诱 |
| - | ˌsniff ˈout |
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| 1 | to find something through smell 嗅出；闻出 | This dog sniffed out 400 pounds of cocaine. 这只狗嗅出了400磅可卡因。 | |
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| 2 | informal to discover something 发现 | Record companies are keen to sniff out new bands. 唱片公司热衷于发掘新乐队。 | |
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