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sniffle

/snif-uhl/US // ˈsnɪf əl //UK // (ˈsnɪfəl) //

流鼻涕,嗅觉,流鼻血,嗅嗅

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Definitions

v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1

    snif·fled, snif·fling.

    • : to sniff repeatedly, as from a head cold or in repressing tears: She sniffled woefully.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : an act or sound of sniffling.
    • : sniffles, a condition, as a cold, marked by sniffling: This draft is giving me the sniffles.

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Examples

  • Those cases can be as modest as a few days of sniffles, but, in other circumstances, can spawn debilitating headaches and fatigue.

  • Many infected kids get away with no symptoms, or with only a few sniffles.

  • Surgical masks are a common part of life, and it’s normal for anyone with a mild sniffle to wear one to work or on public transport.

  • Sulfites, which winemakers in the United States sometimes use to keep wine from spoiling, are often to blame for wine-induced sniffles.

  • The subway is far emptier, for one thing—and with the riders onboard almost universally wearing masks, the chorus of sniffles and coughs has been silenced.

  • But no matter, we are allergic and getting more allergic, hear us roar (and sniffle and whine and hack).

  • Many sniffle and wheeze antidotes are in the list of the 100 most frequently prescribed medications in 2013.

  • Let's not have a sniffle," the chorus continues—"Let's have a bloody good cry.

  • The plate of meat was brought by Mary Jones with Gower beside her, and a sniffle of her happiness audible.

  • The strange young woman's avoidance of any popular sniffle of the pathetic had a recognized merit.

  • At the invitation both children threw themselves violently on Mary and clung to her, beginning to sniffle again.

  • It took the form of an unmistakable sniffle, and it somehow contrived to be indubitably and rather pitifully feminine.

  • At this moment a sound was heard on the other side of the door, something between a cry, a sniffle, and a sob.