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单词 sniff
释义
sniff
verb
uk
/snɪf/us
/snɪf/
C2[IorT]
tosmellsomething by takingairin throughyournose:
嗅，闻
He sniffed hissockstoseeif theyneededwashing.他嗅了嗅自己的袜子，看是否需要洗了。
Dogslovesniffing each other.狗喜欢相互嗅闻。
She sniffedatherglassofwinebeforetastingit.品尝那杯酒之前，她先闻了闻。
Dogs are sometimes used atairportsto sniffout(=findbysmelling)drugsin people'sluggage.有时候，狗被用来在机场嗅查人们的行李中是否有毒品。
He wasexpelledfromschoolfor sniffingglue(= taking in thegasfromgluebecause of thefeelingsofpleasurethat this gives).他因吸食胶毒而被学校开除。
C2[I]
to takeairinquicklythroughyournose, usually tostoptheliquidinside thenosefromflowingout:
抽鼻子
You're sniffing a lot - do you have acold?你不停地抽鼻子——你感冒了吗？
[T]
tospeakin anunpleasantway,showingthat you have alowopinionof something:
嗤之以鼻地说，轻蔑地说
[+ speech]"They didn'tevenservewineatdinner!" she sniffed.“他们在正餐时间竟然没有供应酒水！”她轻蔑地说。
More examples
  • He sniffed theflowers.
  • Thedogsniffed around hisfeet.
  • She sniffed theforkfuland put it back on herplate.
  • As sheturnedaway Isawhim snifffurtivelyunder hisarm.
  • Could youblowyournoseinsteadof sniffing?
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Smells & smelling
  • -smelling
  • acrid
  • anosmic
  • aromatic
  • beery
  • bergamot
  • deodorize
  • deodorizing
  • fragranced
  • fragrant
  • odourless
  • putrid
  • ripe
  • ripeness
  • scented
  • smellsomewhereout
  • smellscape
  • sniffsomething/someoneout
  • stink
  • waft
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Showing arrogance and conceit

Phrasal verbs

sniff atsomething
sniffsomething/someoneout
sniffsomethingout
sniff
noun[C]
uk
/snɪf/us
/snɪf/
aquickbreathin through thenosetosmellsomething, or tostopliquidin thenosefrom coming out:
吸气；闻；抽鼻子
Take a sniff of thismedicine- itsmellshorrible, doesn't it?闻闻这种药——有一股让人作呕的味儿，对吗？
"I don'tthinkmuch of thatidea," she said with a sniff(= anexpressionof alowopinion).“我觉得这主意不怎么样。”她吸了吸鼻子轻蔑地说。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Smells & smelling
  • -smelling
  • acrid
  • anosmic
  • aromatic
  • beery
  • bergamot
  • deodorize
  • deodorizing
  • fragranced
  • fragrant
  • odourless
  • putrid
  • ripe
  • ripeness
  • scented
  • smellsomewhereout
  • smellscape
  • sniffsomething/someoneout
  • stink
  • waft
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Colds & flu
(Definition ofsnifffrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

sniff| American Dictionary

sniff
verb[I/T]
us
/snɪf/

sniffverb[I/T](SMELL)

tosmellsomething by taking inairthrough thenose:
[T]Jackcrushedabitofdriedgrassbetween hisfingersand sniffeditsscent.
To sniff is also toquicklytake in abreaththrough thenose.

sniffverb[I/T](SHOW DISAPPROVAL)

toexpressabadopinionof something or someone; to showdisapproval:
[I]The museum’sfrontlawndoes not need to beclutteredwithsillypopart, sniffed anewspapereditorial.

Phrasal verb

sniff outsomething
sniff
noun[C]
us/snɪf/

sniffnoun[C](QUICK SMELL)

aquickbreathin through thenosetosmellsomething:
She took a sniff of themedicine.
(Definition ofsnifffrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofsniff

sniff
All plasticity, the work ends with a stage essentially emptied, but for a dog, looking like a stray, sniffing for carrion.
From theCambridge English Corpus
There are many cases already of dogs sniffing out human disease that have been reported in this section.
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I hardly think the subject warrants that,' ' sniffed one college head.
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The slow background activity is phase locked with the respiratory wave and it is identified with thesniffcycle.
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The report suggests that for centuries doctors have been able to tell if a wound is infected simply by sniffing.
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The great advantage for law enforcement is that, however hard we scrub or cover ourselves in deodorant, we cannot entirely obscure our 'sniffsignature'.
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We were shoulder to shoulder around the rectangular table, sniffing and snuffling as we wrote, and reread, and continued writing.
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In many challenging situations when animals are uncertain what to do, they actively seek better information, peering, listening, tasting, probing, or sniffing.
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Anogenital sniffing - olfactory investigation of the anogenital region of the opponent.
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He responds to those who dare trespass in the garden with indifferent silence or grunts, his conversations consisting of sniffs, growls, belches.
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Ironically, sniffing out such meanings may be considered part of the licence that perfumance grants the nosy textual detective.
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Individuals entered a fruit-fall area cautiously, usually by meandering around the area sniffing the litter surface.
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It got a littlesniffof easing and the stock market took off, the bond market took off.
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Asniffcycle is composed of an inhalation and an exhalation, and its duration is 200-500 msec for rabbits.
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Why should we not profit from whatever structure we cansniffout, abstract and re-use?
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