| 单词 | sniff |
| 释义 | sniff (once / 696 pages) vn Smell that cake baking? No? Take a sniff. A sniff is when you take air in through your nose to smell something. Dogs sniff a lot. It's how they get to know the world. Imagine this when you see the figurative use for sniff meaning to snoop as in, "The detective was sniffing around for clues." Sniff is one of those words that sound like what they mean. Take a big sniff and listen, you'll see. If you have a cold, and you keep sniffing, you have what's known as the sniffles. WORD FAMILYsniff: sniffed, sniffer, sniffing, sniffs+/sniffer: sniffers USAGE EXAMPLESSniffing and coughing, he visibly drains over the course of our two-hour conversation. The Guardian(Dec 20, 2016) Then they plunge a 2-meter-long metal rod into the earth, bring it up, and sniff the tip for the stench of decomposition. Science Magazine(Dec 14, 2016) Afterward, Schmetzer praised them all, right down to the reserves who never saw a sniff of game action. Seattle Times(Dec 11, 2016) 1v perceive by inhaling through the nose sniff the perfume Syn|Hyper whiff smell inhale the odor of; perceive by the olfactory sense 2v inhale audibly through the nose Syn|Hyper sniffle breathe in, inhale, inspire draw in (air) 3n sensing an odor by inhaling through the nose Syn|Hyper snuff smell, smelling the act of perceiving the odor of something |
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