🄰 vi.
1.(for information)打探消息
A few investigative journalists were sniffing around.一些新闻调查记者正在四处打探消息。
2.(for lover)追求
(for client, employee)四处网罗
🄱 vt. fus.
1.(find out information from)to sniff around sth
+ place试图从(某处)打探消息
A couple of plain-clothes men had been sniffing around his apartment.一些身着便装的人一直在他公寓附近打探消息。
2.(show interest in)to sniff around sb
+ potential lover追求；+ potential employee网罗
The big clubs have been sniffing around Andy Walker.各大俱乐部都在试图将安迪•沃克收入麾下。