Sniff
[snɪf]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) sensing an odor by inhaling through the nose.
(verb.) inhale audibly through the nose; 'the sick student was sniffling in the back row'.
(verb.) perceive by inhaling through the nose; 'sniff the perfume'.
安格斯校對--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(v. t.) To draw air audibly up the nose; to snuff; -- sometimes done as a gesture of suspicion, offense, or contempt.
(v. t.) To draw in with the breath through the nose; as, to sniff the air of the country.
(v. t.) To perceive as by sniffing; to snuff, to scent; to smell; as, to sniff danger.
(n.) The act of sniffing; perception by sniffing; that which is taken by sniffing; as, a sniff of air.
整理:露丝
同義詞及近義詞:
v. n. Snuff.
v. a. Snuff, inhale, breathe, breathe in.
n. Snuff.
海尔格校對
解釋/意思:
v.t. to draw in with the breath through the nose.—v.i. to snuff or draw in air sharply through the nose: to snuff.—n. perception of smell: a short sharp inhalation or the sound made by such.—v.i. Snif′fle to snuffle.—n. Snif′fler a slight breeze.—adj. Snif′fy inclined to be disdainful.—vs.i. Snift to sniff snivel; Snift′er to sniff.—n. a sniff: (pl.) stoppage of the nasal passages in catarrh: (slang) a dram: (U.S.) a severe storm.—n. Snift′ing-valve an air-valve connecting with a steam-cylinder as in a condensing engine—also Tail-valve Blow-valve.—adj. Snift′y (slang) having a tempting smell.
編輯:利拉
例句/造句/用法:
- I don't think it's fair for some girls to have plenty of pretty things, and other girls nothing at all, added little Amy, with an injured sniff. 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
- Robert Jordan heard a quick, control-breaking sniff of laughter from the girl, Maria, who was standing behind him. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 喪鐘為誰而鳴.
- Don't cry, child, it worries me to hear people sniff. 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
- I tried both ways, and when it came to a sniff or utter mortification and woe, he just threw the grammar on to the floor and marched out of the room. 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
- Having dried them, and indulged in the harmless luxury of a sob and a sniff, he put it up again. 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
- A sniff was the Hon. 福爾斯·休姆. 奇幻島.
- Other children in grief or pain cry aloud, without shame or restraint; but this being wept: the tiniest occasional sniff testified to her emotion. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- When I had done he opened them indolently, took his silver smelling-bottle from the table, and sniffed at it with an air of gentle relish. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- Laurie meanwhile posted off to comfort Amy, and told his story so well that Aunt March actually 'sniffed' herself, and never once said I told you so. 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
- Can you--' she sniffed, and sniffed at the bottle--'can you smell bilberries? 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- Everybody sniffed when they came to that part. 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
- For fully twenty minutes the brute alternately sniffed and tore at the door, occasionally giving voice to a wild, savage cry of baffled rage. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
- As we approached them they sniffed our unfamiliar scent and with squeals of rage circled about us. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 火星戰神.
- Again scampering devious, bounding here, rushing there, snuffing and sniffing everywhere; she at last discovered me in classe. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- I consider his planting one of his menial tools in the yard, an act of sneaking and sniffing. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- Then she distinctly heard the beast outside sniffing at the door, not two feet from where she crouched. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
- Louisa languidly leaned upon the window looking out, without looking at anything, while young Thomas stood sniffing revengefully at the fire. 查理斯·狄更斯. 艱難時事.
- Next (to clear the ground before coming to business), you've placed in this yard a skulking, a sneaking, and a sniffing, menial. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- Mr. Snagsby sniffs and tastes again. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
編輯:西娅