| 单词 | whiff |
| 释义 | whiff (hwɪf ) Word forms: whiffs 1. countable noun [usually singular] If there is a whiff of a particular smell, you smell it only slightly or only for a brief period of time, for example as you walk past someone or something. He caught a whiff of her perfume. [+ of] Synonyms: smell, hint, scent, sniff 2. countable noun [usually singular] A whiff of something bad or harmful is a slight sign of it. Not a whiff of scandal has ever tainted his private life. [+ of] The TV show had the whiff of hypocrisy and pomposity. Synonyms: trace, suggestion, hint, suspicion Collocations: carry a whiff Heavy with bleak postindustrial nostalgia, fiercely ungreen in tenor, these choky, smoky boiler moods carry a whiff of mystery with them too. Times, Sunday Times They carry a whiff of something warm and joyful and familiar. The Times Literary Supplement Yet with doctors blaming cuts and chaos for contributing to errors for which they may be found accountable, his reforms carry a whiff of expediency. Times, Sunday Times However, back then a portfolio career carried the whiff of failure, of an excuse for non-work. Times, Sunday Times Merely the threat carried the whiff of cordite. Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 微弱的一阵气味等 Japanese: ほのかな香り |
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