英语词汇“snuff”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

verb | noun

snuffsnuff1 /snʌf/ verb

ETYMOLOGYsnuff¹

Origin: (1-3) 1300-1400 snuff burned part of a used candle (14-19 centuries)

VERB TABLE

snuff

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	snuff
	he, she, it	snuffs
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	snuffed
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have snuffed
	he, she, it	has snuffed
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had snuffed
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will snuff
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have snuffed

Continuous Form
Present	I	am snuffing
	he, she, it	is snuffing
	you, we, they	are snuffing
Past	I, he, she, it	was snuffing
	you, we, they	were snuffing
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been snuffing
	he, she, it	has been snuffing
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been snuffing
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be snuffing
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been snuffing

1[transitive] (also snuff out) to stop a candle from burning by pressing the burning part with your fingers or by covering it with a snuffer2[transitive] (also snuff out) to stop or end something in a sudden forceful way: Any hopes of a comeback have now been snuffed out.3[transitive] (also snuff out) informal to kill someone4[intransitive, transitive] to breathe air into your nose in a noisy way SYN sniff [Origin: (1-3) 1300–1400 snuff burned part of a used candle (14–19 centuries)]

verb | noun

snuffsnuff2 noun [uncountable]

ETYMOLOGYsnuff²

Origin: 1600-1700 Dutch snuf, from snuftabak, from snuffen ( ➔ SNUFF¹) + tabak tobacco

1a)a type of tobacco in powder form, which people breathe in through their noses b)a type of tobacco in small pieces, which people put in their mouth and chew, but do not swallow2up to snuff good enough for a particular purpose