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snuffle

/snuhf-uhl/US // ˈsnʌf əl //UK // (ˈsnʌfəl) //

鼻息,流鼻涕,哼哼唧唧,哼哼唧唧的

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Definitions

v.无主动词 verb
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    snuf·fled, snuf·fling.

    • : to draw air into the nose for the purpose of smelling something; snuff.
    • : to draw the breath or mucus through the nostrils in an audible or noisy manner; sniffle.
    • : to speak through the nose or with a nasal twang.
    • : to whine; snivel.
v.有主动词 verb
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    snuf·fled, snuf·fling.

    • : to utter in a snuffling or nasal tone.
n.名词 noun
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    • : an act or sound of snuffling.
    • : snuffles, a condition of the nose, as from a cold, causing snuffling.
    • : a nasal tone of voice.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • Heralded by the snuffle of the horses, light began glimmering over a chaos of lines and shadows, pale as mother-o'-pearl.

  • Smoke: Snuffle the nose and raise the fingers of both hands several times, rubbing the fingers against each other.

  • If he snuffle at the nose, he must snuffle cheerfully and with hope.

  • Glory, who had been dozing in the sun, rose and prowled restlessly over to snuffle at the woodpile.

  • There came a kind of Highland snuffle out of the man that raised my dander strangely.