sniff1 /snɪf/ ●●○ verb 1 [intransitiveI]BREATHE to breathe air into your nose noisily, for example when you are crying or have a cold 〔因哭泣、感冒等大声地〕以鼻吸气;抽鼻子 Margaret sniffed miserably and nodded. 玛格丽特可怜地抽泣着点了点头。
Stop sniffing and blow your nose. 别抽鼻子了,擤一擤鼻涕。
2 [intransitiveI, transitiveT]SMELL to breathe air in through your nose in order to smell something 嗅,闻 He opened the milk and sniffed it. 他打开牛奶闻了闻。
sniff at The dog was sniffing at the carpet. 这条狗在嗅地毯。
3 [transitiveT]SAY to say something in a way that shows you think something is not good enough 嗤之以鼻地说,轻蔑地说 ‘Is that all?’ she sniffed. “就那些?”她不屑地说道。
4 [transitiveT]MDD to take a harmful drug by breathing it up your nose 用鼻子吸入〔有害药物〕 → snort kids who sniff glue 吸胶毒的孩子
5 sniff at something phrasal verbphr v a) something is not to be sniffed at spoken used to say that something is good enough to be accepted or considered seriously 某事值得接受[认真考虑],某事不可轻视 An 8% salary increase is not to be sniffed at. 的加薪不可不考虑呀。
b) to refuse something in a proud way, or behave as if something is not good enough for you 对…不以为然[不当回事] He sniffed at my choice of restaurants and suggested his own favorite. 他对我挑选的餐馆不以为然,提出去他喜欢的那家。
something is not to be sniffed at• The price, however, is not to be sniffed at: £17.50!
6 sniff something ↔ out phrasal verbphr v a) SMELLto discover or find something by its smell 靠嗅觉发现,嗅出 A customs officer came round with a dog to sniff out drugs. 一名海关官员带了一条狗过来嗅探毒品。
b) informalFIND OUT to find out or discover something 找出;发现;发觉 Vic’s been trying to sniff out where you went last night. 维克一直在打听昨晚你去了什么地方。