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

单词	sniff
释义	sniff I. \ˈsnif\ verb (-ed/-ing/-s) Etymology: Middle English sniffen; probably akin to Middle English snivelen to snivel — more at snivel *intransitive verb* 1. a. : to draw air audibly up the nose : smell or snuff with short audible inhalations < lifted the lids of pots and pans, sniffed appreciatively — Winifred Bambrick > < sniff at several perfumes before choosing one > also : to clear the nose of mucus by sniffing < got a runny nose and began sniff > b. : to make a sniffing noise (as to express disdain) < asked what stipend he might expect, and on being enlightened … sniffed loudly and disdainfully — Elinor Wylie > 2. : to show or express disdain or scorn : be contemptuous — usually used with at < like all who had read through the four volumes she could sniff at those who knew but the abridged versions — J.D.Hart > 3. : take a curious or suspicious look < turning … to politics, he might finance some lunatic group or sniff suspiciously around public libraries — T.D.Parrish > *transitive verb* 1. : to smell or take by inhalation through the nose < a pack of bloodhounds eagerly sniffing the ground > : inhale < threw open the window and sniffed the fresh morning air > < addicts who sniff cocaine > 2. : to utter or express with a sniff or with disdain or scorn < men, she sniffed, were poor creatures — Laura Krey > 3. : to recognize or detect by or as if by smelling < excelled … in sniffing trouble before it began — Times Literary Supplement > — often used with out < German shepherd dogs are parachuted in the Austrian Alps to sniff out survivors of avalanches — P.T.White > II. noun (-s) 1. : an act or sound of sniffing < the aspirant must school and steel himself to sniffs and sneers — H.L.Mencken > < the coughs, sneezes, and sniffs of those who had colds > 2. : a quantity that is sniffed < got a good sniff of sea air > 3. a. : muggins 1b b. : the first doublet played in the game of muggins
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