no obj.
- make a sudden involuntary expulsion of air from the nose and mouth due to irritation of one's nostrils打喷嚏：
the smoke made her sneeze.
烟呛得她打喷嚏。
- an act or the sound of expelling air from the nose in such a way喷嚏：
he stopped a sudden sneeze.
他忍住了一个突如其来的喷嚏。
短语
not to be sneezed at
- informal not to be rejected without careful consideration; worth having or taking into account〈非正式〉不可忽视, 值得重视：
a saving of £550 was not to be sneezed at.
550英镑的存款是不可小瞧的。
派生词
sneezer
nounsneezy
adjective词源
Middle English: apparently an alteration of Middle English fnese due to misreading or misprinting （after initial fn- had become unfamiliar）, later adopted because it sounded appropriate.