no obj.
1- breathe noisily through the nose due to a cold or crying(因感冒、哭泣而)呼哧呼哧地呼吸:
Alice was weeping quietly, snuffling a little.
艾丽丝静静地啜泣, 抽抽鼻子。
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- (especially of an animal) make repeated sniffing sounds as though smelling at something(尤指动物像嗅东西般)反复喷鼻; 发出呼哧呼哧的鼻息声:
the collie snuffled around his boots
那只柯利牧羊犬绕着他的靴子呼哧呼哧地嗅个不停
as noun snuffling she heard a strange, persistent snuffling.她听到一种奇怪的, 持续不断的呼哧声。
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- a sniff or sniffing sound用力吸气; 吸气声:
a silence broken only by the faint snuffles of the dogs.
只有微弱的狗的吸鼻声才时而打破的沉寂。
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- (常作the snuffles)informal a cold or other infection that causes sniffing〈非正式〉(因感冒或其他感染导致的)鼻塞:
he went down with the snuffles.
他吸着鼻子下楼了。
派生词
snuffler
nounsnuffly
adjective词源