| 释义 |
▪ I. sniffing, vbl. n.|ˈsnɪfɪŋ|
[f. sniff v.]
The action of the vb.; an instance of this, a sniff. Cf. glue-sniffing s.v. glue n. 6.
1575Turberv. Faulconrie 231 You may rubbe..the pallate of your Hawke with the saide powder, and not feede hir after it, vntill such tyme she haue lefte snyting and sniffing. 1842Thackeray Fitz-Boodle's Conf. Wks. 1869 XXII. 229 People looking and making a strange nasal noise (it is called sniffing). 1872Huxley Physiol. iv. 90 Sniffing is a more rapid inspiratory act, in which the mouth is kept shut, and the air made to pass through the nose. 1893F. C. Selous Trav. S.E. Africa 421 Sometimes these sniffings were very loud. 1968Guardian 22 Mar. 11/2, I asked her what attraction there was in ‘sniffing’. 1977Lancet 8 Jan. 84/1 Investigation of the 42 patients..showed that ‘sniffing’ was a group activity involving mainly adolescents aged 12–19 years, all of whom had a previous history of solvent abuse.
attrib.1899Allbutt's Syst. Med. VII. 870 Obstructive diseases of the nose..occasion sniffing movements of the face. 1975Weekend Mag. (Montreal) 8 Feb. 23/1 In any case, legislation doesn't eliminate the sniffing problem which is nation-wide.
▪ II. ˈsniffing, ppl. a.
[f. as prec.]
That sniffs, in senses of the vb.; characterized by sniffing.
1831Carlyle Sart. Res. i. x, To him thou, with sniffing charity, wilt protrusively proffer thy hand-lamp. 1837― Fr. Rev. ii. i. x, What a humour the once sniffing mocking City of Paris..had got into.
Hence ˈsniffingly adv., with a sniff (esp. of scorn or contempt).
1873Bayne in Contemp. Rev. XXI. 411 He glances at Cromwell's speeches jauntily, sniffingly, in a mood of pleasant indifference dashed by cynicism. 1893K. Grahame in National Observer 23 Sept. 487/1 Charlotte turned away sniffingly. |