单词 | snuffle |
释义 | snufflen.ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > wave > foam or surf > [noun] > surf surf1606 seegea1609 snuffle1630 surf1633 1630 J. Smith True Trav. 54 Such a snuffle of the Sea goeth on the shore, ten may better defend than fifty assault. 2. An (or the) act of snuffling. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > respiratory organs > breathing > inhalation > [noun] > through nose snoachinga1387 sniftingc1430 snivellingc1430 snuffing1540 sniffing1575 snuffling1580 snufflea1764 sniff1767 snuff1822 sniftera1835 sniffling1836 snivel1847 sniffle1880 a1764 R. Lloyd Actor in Poet. Wks. (1774) I. 16/3 With shrug, wink, snuffle, and convulsive limb. 1809 B. H. Malkin tr. A. R. Le Sage Adventures Gil Blas I. i. xii. 109 What is a prison above ground, after so brimstone a snuffle as thou hast had of the regions below? 1834 F. Marryat Jacob Faithful I. iii. 45 It was an intellectual nose... Its snuffle was consequential, and its sneeze oracular. 1865 S. Baring-Gould Bk. Were-wolves viii. 126 She hears the tramping of his approaching feet, and the snuffle of his breath. 3. plural. A stopped condition of the nose, through a cold in the head or otherwise, causing a snuffling sound in the act of respiration. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disorder of respiratory organs > [noun] > common cold or catarrh poseOE rheuma1398 cold?a1425 snekec1440 refraidourc1450 murr1451 gravedity1547 coldment1578 snorea1585 catarrh1588 coqueluche1611 gravediny1620 coryza1634 snurl1674 catch-cold1706 gravedo1706 common cold1713 coolth?1748 snuffles1770 snifters1808 influenza cold1811 snaffles1822 the sniffles1825 snuffiness1834 crying cold1843 flu1899 1770 M. Delany Autobiogr. & Corr. (1862) 2nd Ser. I. 317 She has at present a little London cold, but her Grace says it is ‘only the snuffles’. 1784 M. Underwood Treat. Dis. Children 235 The lightest symptom..is that called the snuffles, or stoppage of the nose. 1845 C. Dickens Chimes iv. 139 The nose afflicted with that disordered action of its functions which is generally termed The Snuffles. 1876 T. Bryant Pract. Surg. (ed. 2) II. xvii. 6 The snuffles in infancy are very characteristic. 4. A nasal tone in the voice. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > manner of speaking > [noun] > speaking through the nose > nasal speech snuffle1820 whang1875 1820 W. Scott Monastery I. v. 158 With a hypocritical snuffle, and a sly twinkle of his eye. 1830 H. Lee Mem. Manager I. ii. 61 His spectacles..being rather too small for him..increased his natural snuffle. 1859 J. M. Jephson & L. Reeve Narr. Walking Tour Brittany i. 3 The monotonous whine and snuffle of the children in the National School as they read. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online September 2021). snufflev. I. intransitive. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > think or behave contemptuously [verb (intransitive)] > express contempt by sniffing snuff1544 snuffle1583 sniff1837 1583 R. Greene Mamillia i. f. 36 The young colt, at the first breaking snuffles at the snaffle. 1600 N. Breton Strange Fortunes Two Princes in Wks. (1879) II. 12/2 The wicked wretch..in a great rage, snuffling at his cold entertainment. 1609 P. Holland tr. Ammianus Marcellinus Rom. Hist. xxv. iv. 268 Making a speech on a time to his souldiors all armed, when they snuffled and became unruly. 1662 R. Mathews Unlearned Alchymist (new ed.) 165 I know nice noses will snuffel at this Oyl as a thing most detestable. 2. To draw air into the nostrils in order to smell something; to snuff or smell at a thing. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > smell and odour > [verb (intransitive)] > exercise sense of smell smellc1200 smella1300 snokec1380 smell1526 snuff1530 snuffle1601 whiff1635 sniff1788 nose1794 nuzzle1806 snuft1820 snuzzle1861 1601 J. Weever Mirror of Martyrs sig. Biijv I dream'd I wore a garland of greene willow. But snuffling low, I prickt me with a fether. 1683 I. Walton Chalkhill's Thealma & Clearchus 12 Their cry soon reacht his ear, And he came snuffling toward them. 1825 W. Scott Talisman iii, in Tales Crusaders III. 47 The steeds..neighed and snuffled fondly around their masters. 1861 T. Hughes Tom Brown at Oxf. I. iii. 51 [The dog] went trotting about the room, and snuffling at Schloss's legs. 1889 H. R. Haggard Allan's Wife 278 The oxen..were very restless—they kept snuffling and blowing. 3. To speak through the nose; to have a nasal twang.Sometimes taken as indicating hypocrisy or canting. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > manner of speaking > speak in a particular manner [verb (intransitive)] > speak nasally to speak through (also in) the (or one's) nose1598 twang1615 snafflea1635 snuffle1634 snoach1844 nasillate1859 snifter1880 1634 T. Johnson tr. A. Paré Chirurg. Wks. xxiii. iv. 873 They cannot pronounce their words distinctly, but obscurely and snuffling. a1640 J. Day & H. Chettle Blind-beggar (1659) sig. F1 There's an odde fellow snuffels i' the nose, that shows a motion about Bishopsgate. 1755 T. Smollett tr. M. de Cervantes Don Quixote II. iii. viii. 242 Would not it have been better..to cut off half of their noses, even tho' they should snuffle in their speech..? 1756 Connoisseur No. 126. ⁋6 Snuffling through the nose with an harmonious twang. 1847 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair (1848) xli. 374 You would have thought it was the Countess's own Roman nose through which she snuffled. 1888 C. M. Doughty Trav. Arabia Deserta I. 154 He snuffled in his holy talk like an honest Roundhead. 4. To draw up air or mucus through the nostrils in an audible or noisy manner. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > respiratory organs > breathing > inhalation > inhale [verb (intransitive)] > through nose sniffc1340 snifterc1340 snavelc1480 snuff1530 snuffle1611 snufter1632 whiff1635 snot1662 snift1703 snotter1710 snuff1714 sniffle1819 snoach1844 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Renifler, to snuffle, or snifter often. 1611 Tarlton's Jests (1866) 198 Who, falling upon his nose, broke it extremely, that ever after he snuffled in the head. 1707 J. Stevens tr. F. de Quevedo Comical Wks. (1709) 435 He..was gaul'd and snuffled [Sp. con mataduras y muermo] because they had thrown Feathers into his Manger. 1835 Politeness & Gd.-breeding 53 Remember never to whisper, or snuffle and laugh. a1855 C. Brontë Professor (1857) I. vii. 121 How he did snuffle, snort, and wheeze! 1898 Hutchinson's Arch. Surg. IX. 141 The child, a girl,..at the age of a month began to snuffle. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > wind > blow (of the wind) [verb (intransitive)] > blow fitfully shrink1627 snuffle1633 winnow1801 1633 T. James Strange Voy. 24 In the after-noone it began to snuffle and blow. 1781 Lieut. Archer Let. 30 June in Naval Chron. (1804) 11 286 At eleven at night it began to snuffle, with a monstrous heavy appearance. II. transitive. 6. To inhale, to clear, to search out or examine, by snuffing. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > respiratory organs > breathing > inhalation > inhale [verb (transitive)] > through nose snuvec1200 snuff1527 snuff1547 to breathe in1576 snuffle1599 whiff1635 snivel1668 sniff1796 the world > physical sensation > smell and odour > [verb (transitive)] > track or perceive using sense of smell i-stinkc1000 smellc1175 smakec1220 feelc1225 asmellc1320 savoura1382 scenta1425 winda1425 get1530 vent1575 nose1577 smell1608 resent1614 snuff1697 to get (also take, pick up) the scent1723 to carry scent1753 find1827 snuffle1871 flair1919 the world > action or operation > endeavour > searching or seeking > finding or discovery > find or discover [verb (transitive)] > detect > (as) by smelling smellc1380 smell?1548 scent?1553 outsmella1563 nosea1637 to get (also take, pick up) the scent1723 snuff1790 besmell1803 sniff1864 snuffle1871 1599 A. M. tr. O. Gaebelkhover Bk. Physicke 11/2 Mixe all these.., & snuffle heerof a little in your Nose in the Morninges. 1667 Third Advice in Second & Third Advice to Painter 24 She dry'd no tears..But only snufling her trunk Cartiluginous; From Scaleing-ladder she began a Story. 1871 B. Taylor tr. J. W. von Goethe Faust I. xxii. 242 He snuffles all he snuffle can: ‘He scents the Jesuits' traces’. 7. a. To utter, say, declare, etc., in a snuffling or nasal tone. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > manner of speaking > say in a particular manner [verb (transitive)] > nasally snaffle1616 snuffle1641 nosea1643 twang1748 snifter1880 1641 Good Wish for Eng. (single sheet) Those That snuffle their unlearned zeale in prose. 1826 W. Scott Woodstock III. ix. 250 ‘I profess I do..,’ snuffled the corporal. 1837 T. Carlyle in London & Westm. Rev. Jan. 429 Even the old Marquis snuffles approval. 1858 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia II. vii. vi. 258 Seckendorf..snuffled into him suggestions of mercy. 1892 I. Zangwill Children of Ghetto I. 128 The scarecrow who shambled along snuffling ‘Old clo’. b. Similarly with out or forth. ΚΠ 1827 P. Cunningham Two Years New S. Wales II. xxviii. 209 On being questioned how he had existed, he snuffled out [etc.]. 1842 S. Lover Handy Andy iii She..snuffled forth at the astonished boy, ‘Get out o' that, you dirty cur!’ 1891 E. Gosse Gossip in Library iii. 33 A whining ballad snuffled out in the street at night by some unhappy minstrel. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1630v.1583 |
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