sniff
柯林斯词典
1. V-I When you sniff, you breathe in air through your nose hard enough to make a sound, for example, when you are trying not to cry, or in order to show disapproval. 抽鼻子 (用来忍住哭声或表示不赞同)
She wiped her face and sniffed loudly. 她擦擦脸,大声地抽着鼻子。
Then he sniffed. There was a smell of burning. 然后他抽了抽鼻子。空气里有一股烧焦的味道。
2. N-COUNT Sniff is also a noun. 抽鼻子声
At last the sobs ceased, to be replaced by sniffs. 最后呜咽声终于停止了,取而代之的是抽鼻子的声音。
3. V-T/V-I If you sniff something or sniff at it, you smell it by sniffing. (吸着气) 闻
Suddenly, he stopped and sniffed the air. 突然他停下来,嗅了嗅空气中的味道。
4. V-T You can use sniff to indicate that someone says something in a way that shows their disapproval or contempt. 嗤之以鼻地说
"Tourists!" she sniffed. “观光客!”她鄙夷地说。
5. V-T/V-I If you say that something is not to be sniffed at, you think it is very good or worth having. If someone sniffs at something, they do not think it is good enough, or they express their contempt for it. 轻视[usu passive, usu with brd-neg]
The salary was not to be sniffed at either. 当时的工资也是不容轻视的。
6. V-T If someone sniffs a substance such as glue, they deliberately breathe in the substance or the gases from it as a drug. 用鼻子吸
He felt light-headed, as if he'd sniffed glue. 他觉得头晕,好像吸了胶毒一样。
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sniff /snɪf/ (sniffing,sniffed,sniffs)
剑桥词典
- C2 [ 不及物动词:后面不接宾语的动词 or 及物动词:后面接宾语的动词 ]
- He sniffed the flowers .
- The dog sniffed around his feet .
- She sniffed the forkful and put it back on her plate .
- As she turned away I saw him sniff furtively under his arm .
- Could you blow your nose instead of sniffing?
to smell something by taking air in through your nose
嗅,闻
He sniffed his socks to see if they needed washing . 他嗅了嗅自己的袜子,看是否需要洗了。
Dogs love sniffing each other. 狗喜欢相互嗅闻。
She sniffed at her glass of wine before tasting it. 品尝那杯酒之前,她先闻了闻。
Dogs are sometimes used at airports to sniff out (= find by smelling ) drugs in people's luggage . 有时候,狗被用来在机场嗅查人们的行李中是否有毒品。
He was expelled from school for sniffing glue (= taking in the gas from glue because of the feelings of pleasure that this gives). 他因吸食胶毒而被学校开除。
[ 不及物动词:后面不接宾语的动词 ]
to take air in quickly through your nose , usually to stop the liquid inside the nose from flowing out
抽鼻子
You're sniffing a lot - do you have a cold ? 你不停地抽鼻子——你感冒了吗?
[ 及物动词:后面接宾语的动词 ]
to speak in an unpleasant way, showing that you have a low opinion of something
嗤之以鼻地说,轻蔑地说
[ 跟直接引语一起使用的动词 ] "They didn't even serve wine at dinner !" she sniffed. “他们在正餐时间竟然没有供应酒水!”她轻蔑地说。
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短语动词
sniff at sthsniff sth/sb out
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