sniff

英 [snɪf]

美 [snɪf]

v.  抽鼻子(尤指哭泣、患感冒等时出声地用鼻子吸气); (吸着气)嗅，闻; 抱怨; 不以为然地说
n.  吸气(声); 抽鼻子(声); 嗅; 闻; 感觉; 察觉; 微小的可能性

过去式：sniffed　现在分词：sniffing　过去分词：sniffed　第三人称单数：sniffs　复数：sniffs　

高考CET6考研TOEFLTEM8

Collins.2 / BNC.5455 / COCA.5870

短语动词

短语用例

sniff around/round

• 探查，打探，访查（秘密信息）
  to try to find out information about sb/sth, especially secret information
  1. We all had colds and couldn't stop sniffing and sneezing.
     我们都感冒了，一个劲地抽鼻子，打喷嚏。

sniff around/round sb

• 追求，寻求聘用（某人）
  to try to get sb as a lover, employee, etc.
  1. ‘It's hardly what I'd call elegant,’ she sniffed.
     “要我说，这很难称得上雅致。”她不以为然地说。

sniff at sth

• 对…嗤之以鼻（或不屑一顾）
  to show no interest in or respect for sth
  1. She took a deep sniff of the perfume.
     她使劲闻了闻香水。
  2. My mother gave a sniff of disapproval.
     我母亲哼了一声，表示不同意。
  3. His sobs soon turned to sniffs.
     不多时，他的呜咽变成了啜泣。

sniff sb/sth↔out

• 嗅出
  to discover or find sb/sth by using your sense of smell
  1. She didn't get even a sniff at a medal.
     她根本不可能拿到奖牌。
• 看出；觉察出
  to discover or find sb/sth by looking

习惯用语

v.

not to be sniffed at
• 值得认真对待；不可轻视
  good enough to be accepted or considered seriously
• In those days, $20 was not a sum to be sniffed at.
  那时候，20元不能不当回事。

n.

have a (good) sniff around
• 仔细检查（某处）
  to examine a place carefully

牛津词典

verb

• 抽鼻子（尤指哭泣、患感冒等时出声地用鼻子吸气）
  to breathe air in through your nose in a way that makes a sound, especially when you are crying, have a cold, etc.
  1. We all had colds and couldn't stop sniffing and sneezing.
     我们都感冒了，一个劲地抽鼻子，打喷嚏。
• （吸着气）嗅，闻
  to breathe air in through the nose in order to discover or enjoy the smell of sth
  1. sniffing the fresh morning air
     吸着早晨的新鲜空气
  2. to sniff glue
     吸胶毒
  3. The dog sniffed at my shoes.
     那条狗嗅我的鞋。
• 抱怨；不以为然地说
  to say sth in a complaining or disapproving way
  1. ‘It's hardly what I'd call elegant,’ she sniffed.
     “要我说，这很难称得上雅致。”她不以为然地说。

noun

• 吸气（声）；抽鼻子（声）；嗅；闻
  an act or the sound of sniffing
  1. She took a deep sniff of the perfume.
     她使劲闻了闻香水。
  2. My mother gave a sniff of disapproval.
     我母亲哼了一声，表示不同意。
  3. His sobs soon turned to sniffs.
     不多时，他的呜咽变成了啜泣。
• 感觉；察觉
  an idea of what sth is like or that sth is going to happen
  1. The sniff of power went to his head.
     权力在握的感觉使他得意忘形。
  2. They make threats but back down at the first sniff of trouble.
     他们起先气势汹汹，但一看情形不妙立刻软了下来。
• 微小的可能性
  a small chance of sth
  1. She didn't get even a sniff at a medal.
     她根本不可能拿到奖牌。

柯林斯词典

• VERB (忍住不哭或表示不赞成时)抽鼻子
  When yousniff, 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.
  1. She wiped her face and sniffed loudly...
     她抹了一把脸，很响地抽着鼻子。
  2. Moira looked around and sniffed. 'This place badly needs a decorator.'...
     莫伊拉环顾四周，抽了抽鼻子。“这个地方太需要有人来装修一下了。”
  3. Then he sniffed. There was a smell of burning...
     然后他抽了抽鼻子，发觉有一股烧焦的味道。
  4. He sniffed back the tears.
     他抽着鼻子，把眼泪忍了下去。
  5. Sniffis also a noun.
     
  6. At last the sobs ceased, to be replaced by sniffs.
     最后，啜泣终于止住了，只剩下抽鼻子的声音。
• VERB 闻;嗅
  If yousniffsomething orsniff atit, you smell it by sniffing.
  1. Suddenly, he stopped and sniffed the air...
     他突然停下来，闻了闻空气里的味道。
  2. She sniffed at it suspiciously.
     她怀疑地闻了闻。
• VERB 嗤之以鼻地表示;轻蔑地说
  You can usesniffto indicate that someone says something in a way that shows their disapproval or contempt.
  1. 'Tourists!' she sniffed.
     她轻蔑地说道：“游客!”
• VERB 轻视;蔑视
  If you say that something isnot to be sniffed at, you think it is very good or worth having. If someonesniffs atsomething, they do not think it is good enough, or they express their contempt for it.
  1. The salary was not to be sniffed at either...
     这份工资也不容小觑。
  2. Foreign Office sources sniffed at reports that British troops might be sent.
     外交部消息人士对有可能派出英国军队的报道不屑一顾。
• VERB 用鼻子吸入(胶毒等)
  If someonesniffsa substance such as glue, they deliberately breathe in the substance or the gases from it as a drug.
  1. He felt light-headed, as if he'd sniffed glue.
     他觉得晕乎乎的，好像吸了胶毒一样。
• N-SING 嗅到;感觉到
  If you get asniff ofsomething, you learn or guess that it might be happening or might be near.
  1. You know what they'll be like if they get a sniff of a murder investigation...
     你知道如果他们嗅到马上会进行谋杀调查会怎么样。
  2. Have the Press got a sniff yet?...
     新闻界嗅到了一点消息没有？
  3. Then, at the first sniff of danger, he was back at his post.
     然后，他一嗅到危险的气息，便马上回到自己的岗位。
• N-SING 一丝;一点儿
  If you say that someone has not hada sniff ofsomething, you mean that they have not had even a small chance of getting it.
  1. Winterton has never had a sniff of a government job in his entire twenty-one years in parliament.
     在国会的整整21年里，温特顿没有得到过任何在政府里工作的机会。

英英释义

noun

• sensing an odor by inhaling through the nose
  Synonym:snuff

verb

• inhale audibly through the nose
  1. the sick student was sniffling in the back row
  Synonym:sniffle
• perceive by inhaling through the nose
  1. sniff the perfume
  Synonym:whiff

双语例句

• So I sniff around to see what's buried.
  所以我闻闻看埋的是什么。
• Moira looked around and sniffed. 'This place badly needs a decorator.'
  莫伊拉环顾四周，抽了抽鼻子。“这个地方太需要有人来装修一下了。”
• Winterton has never had a sniff of a government job in his entire twenty-one years in parliament.
  在国会的整整21年里，温特顿没有得到过任何在政府里工作的机会。
• You know what they'll be like if they get a sniff of a murder investigation
  你知道如果他们嗅到马上会进行谋杀调查会怎么样。
• Suddenly, he stopped and sniffed the air
  他突然停下来，闻了闻空气里的味道。
• Foreign Office sources sniffed at reports that British troops might be sent.
  外交部消息人士对有可能派出英国军队的报道不屑一顾。
• An'electronic nose'has been developed that can sniff out cancer in patients'breath.
  科学家发明了一种“电子鼻”，可以从患者的呼吸中嗅出癌症。
• I gave him a sniff of smelling salts to bring him round.
  我让他闻嗅盐，让他恢复知觉。
• He cleared his nose with a loud sniff.
  他大声吸气清了清鼻子。
• She gave a loud sniff.
  她用力吸了一口气。