Whiff
[wɪf]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) a strikeout resulting from the batter swinging at and missing the ball for the third strike.
(noun.) a lefteye flounder found in coastal waters from New England to Brazil.
(verb.) utter with a puff of air; 'whiff out a prayer'.
(verb.) strike out by swinging and missing the pitch charged as the third.
(verb.) drive or carry as if by a puff of air; 'The gust of air whiffed away the clouds'.
整理:李奥娜--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) A sudden expulsion of air from the mouth; a quick puff or slight gust, as of air or smoke.
(n.) A glimpse; a hasty view.
(n.) The marysole, or sail fluke.
(v. t.) To throw out in whiffs; to consume in whiffs; to puff.
(v. t.) To carry or convey by a whiff, or as by a whiff; to puff or blow away.
(v. i.) To emit whiffs, as of smoke; to puff.
艾德里安整理
同義詞及近義詞:
n. Puff, blast, sudden gust.
v. a. Puff.
埃莉诺校對
解釋/意思:
n. a sudden puff of air or smoke from the mouth: a slight blast: a light kind of outrigger boat: (prov.) a glimpse.—v.t. to throw out in whiffs: to puff.—v.i. to go out or off in a whiff.—ns. Whiff′er; Whiff′et a whipper-snapper.—v.i. Whiff′le to veer about blow in gusts: to be fickle: to prevaricate: to talk idly.—n. a fickle light-headed person.—ns. Whiff′ler a fickle person: a herald usher piper leading the way in a procession; Whiff′lery levity; Whift a breath snatch.
v.i. to fish with a hand-line.—n. Whiff′ing.
弗朗西斯整理
例句/造句/用法:
- Give her a whiff of fresh air with the bellows, Charley,' said Mr. Dawkins; 'and you slap her hands, Fagin, while Bill undoes the petticuts. 查理斯·狄更斯. 霧都孤兒.
- When Pasteur at the age of fifteen was in Paris, overcome with homesickness, he had exclaimed, If I could only get a whiff of the old tannery yard, I feel I should be cured. 李貝. 西洋科學史.
- But there seemed to be not a whiff of life in either of the bodies. 湯瑪斯·哈代. 還鄉.
- Just a whiff, then. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 快樂之家.
- He seemed to bring a whiff of his strong, fresh, bracing, east-coast air with him as he entered. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歸來記.
- I am but an indifferent performer, sir,' returns the other; 'but I'll accompany you with a whiff or two at intervals. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- Your subject,' said Mortimer, after lighting a cigar, and comforting himself with a whiff or two, 'was scouts, Eugene. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- A whiff of--you know what, and a turn at a certain book which I have had occasion to mention in these pages, composed me, body and mind. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- His friend made no direct reply, but observed, after a few whiffs of his cigar, 'Don't mistake the situation. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- He whiffed the compound of scents away, as he put down his smoked-out pipe. 查理斯·狄更斯. 雙城記.
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