单词 | sniff |
释义 | sniff¹ 🄰 vt. 1.+ object, air, ground闻;嗅 Suddenly, he stopped and sniffed the air.突然间, 他停下来闻了闻空气中的味道。 The dog sniffed my hand.那条狗嗅了嗅我的手。 2.(say with contempt)轻蔑地说;嗤之以鼻地说 'Tourists!' she sniffed.“游客!”她轻蔑地说。 3.(say with emotion)强忍住眼泪说;动情地说 'I just don't know,' she sniffed, wiping her eyes.“我真的不知道。”她抽着鼻子, 边说边抹眼泪。 4.(inhale)+ glue, drug吸食 He felt light-headed, as if he'd sniffed glue.他感觉晕乎乎的, 好像吸食了胶毒一般。 🄱 vi. 1.(inhale)闻;嗅 Then he sniffed. There was a smell of burning.然后他闻了闻, 闻到了一股烧焦的味道。 2.(in contempt)轻蔑地说;嗤之以鼻地说 idiom ◆it's not to be sniffed at不可轻视;值得拥有 The salary was not to be sniffed at either.这份薪水也很不错。 Phrasal Verbssniff around,sniff at,sniff out,sniff round sniff² 1.(act of sniffing)闻;嗅;抽鼻子 At last the sobs ceased, to be replaced by sniffs.呜咽终于停了下来, 紧接着是一阵抽噎。 to give a sniff抽鼻子;闻;嗅 to give sth a sniff闻某物;嗅某物 A fox came along and gave the stone a good sniff.一只狐狸走过来把那块石头闻了又闻。 2.(smell, scent)气味 3.(indication)线索 Have the Press got a sniff yet?新闻界是否得到了线索? 4.(slight experience)浅尝;一点儿尝试;刚刚觉察 Then, at the first sniff of danger, he was back at his post.他刚一觉察到危险就立即回到了自己的哨位。 |
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