英语小点心：闻，嗅怎么说？（韦氏词典权威解释）

sniff\ˈsnif\

verb

: to take air into your nose in short breaths that are loud enough to be heard

: to smell (something or someone) by putting your nose close to it and taking air in through your nose in short breaths

: to take (something, such as fumes or a drug) into your body by inhaling it through your nose in order to get intoxicated

Full Definition

intransitive verb

1 : to draw air audibly up the nose especially for smelling <sniffed at the flowers>

2 : to show or express disdain or scorn

3 : snoop, nose <sniffed around for clues>

transitive verb

1 : to smell or take by inhalation through the nose

2 : to utter contemptuously

3 : to recognize or detect by or as if by smelling <sniff out trouble>

Examples

She sniffed and wiped her nose with a tissue.

She put perfume on her wrist and sniffed it.

The dog sniffed the carpet.

Origin: Middle English.

First use: 14th century

Synonyms: nose, scent, smell, snuff, whiff

sniff

noun

: an act or the sound of drawing air into the nose especially in order to smell something or because you are sick or have been crying

: an expression of dislike or disapproval

: a small amount or sign ofsomething

Full Definition

1 : an act or sound of sniffing

2 : a quantity that is sniffed

Examples

She said that she felt fine, but her sniffs and coughs told a different story.

“I refuse to answer that question,” she said with a sniff.

He wanted to avoid the slightest sniff of a scandal.

First use: 1767

Synonyms: aroma, odor, redolence, scent, smell

英语小点心：闻，嗅怎么说？（韦氏词典权威解释）