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snuffed out

/snuhf/US // snʌf //UK // (snʌf) //

熄灭,熄灭了,熄灭的,扑灭

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Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to draw in through the nose by inhaling.
    • : to perceive by or as by smelling; sniff.
    • : to examine by smelling, as an animal does.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to draw air into the nostrils by inhaling, as to smell something; snuffle: After snuffing around, he found the gas leak.
    • : to draw powdered tobacco into the nostrils; take snuff.
    • : Obsolete. to express disdain, contempt, displeasure, etc., by sniffing.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : an act of snuffing; an inhalation through the nose; a sniff.
    • : smell, scent, or odor.
    • : a preparation of tobacco, either powdered and taken into the nostrils by inhalation or ground and placed between the cheek and gum.
    • : a pinch of such tobacco.

Phrases

  • snuff out
  • up to par (snuff)

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • He could imagine himself an Islamist avenger like that masked monster in black who appears in the ISIS snuff videos.

  • He packed a large pinch of the snuff against his bottom gum.

  • Even as Valle sat in court this week, the 364 various groups on DFN included one called Cannibalism, Snuff with 835 members.

  • Look in my face while I snuff the sidle of evening, Talk honestly, for no one else hears you, and I stay only a minute longer.

  • Pelosi and Reid will work to snuff out any legislation that could force Obama to take unpopular stands.

  • Here are pretty goings on—a pinch of your snuff, Perker, my boy—never were such times, eh?

  • Joe,” said Mr. Wardle, after an unsuccessful search in all his pockets, “is my snuff-box on the sofa?

  • Some of the tribes inhabiting the district of the lower Amazon indulge in snuff-taking.

  • Portuguese snuff seemed to be in favor and was delicately perfumed.

  • Some varieties of snuff were named after the scents employed in flavoring them.