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TOEFL BNC: 5455 COCA: 5870

sniff

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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
5sniff 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 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。
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6sniff 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。
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sniff2 noun [countableC]  
1 BREATHESMELLwhen you breathe in air noisily through your nose, for example in order to smell something, because you have a cold, or in order to show your disapproval 抽鼻子;哼
 a sniff of disapproval
哼一声表示反对
 She gave a loud sniff.
她很响地抽了一下鼻子。
2 British EnglishBrE informal a small amount or sign of something 少许;一丝迹象 SYN hint
sniff of
 He got us into this mess, and then left at the first sniff of trouble!
他给我们惹了这样的麻烦,然后一看情况不妙就溜之大吉了!
3. have a sniff around/round British EnglishBrE informal to examine a place carefully 仔细检查
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4 not get a sniff of something British EnglishBrE informal to not have any chance of getting something or being successful 毫无希望得到某物;毫无〔成功〕的希望
 He never even got a sniff of the target.
他根本连这个目标的边儿都没沾上。
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Origin sniff1
(1300-1400) From the sound
sniff1 verbsniff2 noun
Chinese
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TOEFL BNC: 5455 COCA: 5870
sniff

noun

ADJECTIVE | VERB + SNIFF | PREPOSITION ADJECTIVEdeep, good, long深深的吸氣(聲);長長的吸氣聲little, slight, small輕輕的吸鼻聲loud很響的吸鼻聲VERB + SNIFFgive發出嗤聲She gave a loud sniff of disapproval.她不以為然地大哼了一聲。hear聽見吸氣聲get, have, take吸氣to get a sniff of fresh air呼吸一下新鮮空氣PREPOSITIONbetween sniffs以輕蔑的態度'I'm sorry,' he said between sniffs.“抱歉。”他輕蔑地說。with a sniff嗤之以鼻地'I'm fine,' she said with a sniff.“我很好。”她不屑地說。sniff at嗅⋯The dog had a good sniff at the bushes.那隻狗仔細嗅了嗅灌木叢。 note at sound
sniff

verb

ADVERB | PREPOSITION ADVERBloudly大聲抽鼻子She wiped her eyes and sniffed loudly.她抹了抹眼睛,哧哧地抽着鼻子。deeply使勁吸着鼻子a little抽了抽鼻子carefully, delicately小心地/微微地抽了抽鼻子appreciatively欣賞地吸着鼻子He sniffed appreciatively. 'Smells delicious. What is it?'他欣賞地吸着鼻子說:“聞着很香,是什麼?”disdainfully, haughtily嗤之以鼻suspiciously懷疑地抽了抽鼻子back把⋯吸回去The woman sniffed back her tears.這個女人抽抽鼻子止住了眼淚。PREPOSITIONat朝⋯嗅The dog sniffed at his shoes.那隻狗在他的鞋上嗅來嗅去。
TOEFL BNC: 5455 COCA: 5870
sniff verb
blow2
sniff noun
breath

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