新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

sniff

英 [snɪf]

[NOUN, VERB]

词汇频率：

NOUN. 名词

sniffs
1. [C 可数名词] 抽鼻子声
A sniff is the act of breathing in air through your nose hard enough to make a sound, for example, when you are trying not to cry, or in order to show disapproval.
双语例句
例：
At last the sobs ceased, to be replaced by sniffs.
最后呜咽声终于停止了，取而代之的是抽鼻子的声音。

PHRASAL VERB. 短语动词

sniff out
1. [PHRASAL 短语] 找出
If you sniff out something, you discover it after some searching.
双语例句
例：
journalists who are trained to sniff out scandal.
训练有素、能够敏锐地发现丑闻的记者。
2. [PHRASAL 短语] 嗅出（爆炸物或毒品）
When a dog used by a group such as the police sniffs out hidden explosives or drugs, it finds them using its sense of smell.
双语例句
例：
a police dog trained to sniff out explosives.
一条受过训练能嗅出爆炸物的警犬。

VERB. 动词

sniffs , sniffing , sniffed
1. [I 不及物动词] 抽鼻子（用来忍住哭声或表示不赞同）
When you sniff, you breathe in air through your nose hard enough to make a sound, for example, when you are trying not to cry, or in order to show disapproval.
双语例句
例：
She wiped her face and sniffed loudly.
她擦擦脸，大声地抽着鼻子。
例：
Then he sniffed. There was a smell of burning.
然后他抽了抽鼻子，发觉空气里有一股烧焦的味道。
2. [I 不及物动词] （吸着气）闻
If you sniff something or sniff at it, you smell it by sniffing.
双语例句
例：
Suddenly, he stopped and sniffed the air.
他突然停下来，嗅了嗅空气中的味道。
3. [T 及物动词] 嗤之以鼻地说
You can use sniff to indicate that someone says something in a way that shows their disapproval or contempt.
双语例句
例：
'Tourists!' she sniffed.
“观光客！”她鄙夷地说。
4. [I 不及物动词] 轻视
If you say that something is not to be sniffed at, you think it is very good or worth having. If someone sniffs at something, they do not think it is good enough, or they express their contempt for it.
双语例句
例：
The salary was not to be sniffed at either.
这份工资也不容小觑。
5. [T 及物动词] 用鼻子吸
If someone sniffs a substance such as glue, they deliberately breathe in the substance or the gases from it as a drug.
双语例句
例：
He felt light-headed, as if he'd sniffed glue.
他觉得头晕，好像吸了胶毒一样。