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单词 whiff
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whiff
noun[Cusually singular]
uk
/wɪf/us
/wɪf/
aslightsmell,carriedon acurrentofair:
一阵气味，一股味道
Heleanedtowards me and Icaught/got awhiffofgarlic.他向我靠过来，我闻到一股大蒜的味道。
During the first fewmonthsofpregnancytheslightestwhiffoffoodcookingmade mystomachturn.怀孕的最初几个月，闻到一点点做饭的味道就会让我反胃。
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a smell
  • smellWhat's that terrible smell?
  • aromaThe delicious aroma of fresh bread wafted out of the bakery.
  • fragranceI adore the delicate fragrance of roses.
  • perfumeThe perfume of the flowers filled the room.
  • scentShe smelled the sweet scent of the lilies.
  • odourUKThere was the unmistakable odour of sweaty feet.
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a whiff ofsomething
aslightsignof something:
一点点，些许
Theyregularlyholdelectionswithout a whiff ofcorruptionorviolence.他们定期举行选举，其中毫无腐败或暴力的成分。
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Smells & smelling
  • -smelling
  • acrid
  • anosmic
  • aromatic
  • beery
  • bergamot
  • deodorize
  • deodorizing
  • fragranced
  • odourless
  • putrid
  • ripe
  • ripeness
  • scented
  • smellsomewhereout
  • smellscape
  • sniff
  • sniffsomething/someoneout
  • stink
  • waft
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(Definition ofwhifffrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

whiff| American Dictionary

whiff
noun[C]
us
/hwɪf,wɪf/
asmellthat younoticebriefly:
I got a whiff ofperfumeas shewalkedby.
fig.A whiff ofscandalwas in theair.
(Definition ofwhifffrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofwhiff

whiff
Opossum shrimps play an important part in the estuarine food chain and are consumed in large quantities by such fish as the striped bass, inland silverside, whiffs and flounders.
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The smoke spread very gradually as far as the crater of the volcano, while there were many whiffs issuing from points in the direction of another headland.
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The report has awhiffof exquisite patronage.
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I am sorry that late at night he should have caught awhifffrom some very bad quarter and given voice to such monstrous sentiments.
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There is not awhiffof how they will operate.
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The biggest threat of all would be awhiffof a stage 2 with substance.
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Thewhiffof patronage cannot be entirely eradicated from a board that owes its appointment to favour.
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They will be blamed, and heavily blamed, for giving us awhiffof petty dictatorship.
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Let us remember that any woman who has awhiffof gas at any stage in the proceedings is counted as having analgesia in childbirth.
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We have an atmosphere reeking of deceit—the unmistakablewhiffof under-arm aspirations.
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I think that there is more than awhiffof political correctness about those figures.
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Certainly the steel industry is breaking all records, but could not that reasonably be attributed to thewhiffof freedom in the air?
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All we got was thewhiffof incompetence and local corruption.
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Certainly in my university there has not been thewhiffof a"demo"or a sit-in about this issue.
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The railway engineering industry began to suffer as soon as thewhiffof privatisation was in the air.
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