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sniff

/snif/US // snɪf //UK // (snɪf) //

嗅,闻,嗅嗅,嗅闻

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Definitions

v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to draw air through the nose in short, audible inhalations.
    • : to clear the nose by so doing; sniffle.
    • : to smell by short inhalations.
    • : to show disdain, contempt, etc., by or as by sniffing.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to perceive by or as by smelling: to sniff a scandal.
    • : to inhale through the nose: to sniff the air.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : an act of sniffing; a single, short, audible inhalation.
    • : the sound made by such an act.
    • : a scent or odor perceived: a sniff of perfume.

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Examples

  • One of the final sniff tests happens when the car is fully assembled.

  • It’s extremely important to keep dogs and other pets away from porcupines, as these rodents won’t hesitate to defend themselves, and can take even a curious sniff as a threat if they feel vulnerable.

  • The flesh should give slightly when squeezed, and when you take a sniff, the aroma should be unmistakable—somewhere between melon, pineapple, and very ripe peaches.

  • Look at Billy Carter, my sweater-vested companions sniff derisively; look at Clinton.

  • But even paranoid melodramatic self-aggrandizers sniff out nefarious and tentacular plots from time to time.

  • If Letizia did know how to sniff out a media rat in her camp, it was undoubtedly due to her professional training as a journalist.

  • Duane and Dicky lope backstage afterwards to “do some sniff,” as Dicky terms it.

  • Late in the afternoon, the day being warm, I raised the window again and leaned out to get a sniff of air.

  • He was coming out, like myself, to sniff the air; and I was not surprised, for its sweetness after the rain was intoxicating.

  • Watch sat down gravely near it, and gave an approving sniff at intervals.

  • The warm wind bore to them the sniff of the sand-dunes, spiced groves, and genii's islands far to southward.

  • "She wouldn't be of much use for fighting men," remarked Walter, with a slight sniff of contempt.

  • Joyce looked up with a flashing glance, and turned to Ellen, who received the notice with a sniff and a restrained smile.

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