sniffed

英 [snɪft]

美 [snɪft]

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
sniff的过去分词和过去式

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。

双语例句

• She sniffed at my new job, saying she couldn't imagine why I would want to do it.
  如缸她对我的新工作嗤之以鼻，还说她不明白为什么我会干这份工作。
• She sniffed and looked woebegone.
  她抽泣着，神情忧伤。
• Ginger and spice are not very nice. She sniffed a pleasant smell of ginger bread.
  她闻到了姜饼的香味。
• Last night the dog sniffed out the criminal in his hiding place.
  昨天晚上狗把罪犯罪恶犯从其藏身之地嗅了出来。
• 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。
• She lifted the lids and sniffed appreciably. he held it up to his nose and smelled it.
  她掀开盖子高兴地闻了闻。把它举到鼻子底下闻。
• We sniffed the aroma of fresh apple pie.
  我们闻到了新鲜苹果馅饼的香味。
• I felt myself blush. Then I sniffed back a tear
  我觉得自己的脸红了，接着我吸吸鼻子，不让眼泪掉下来。
• And each morning she sniffed so hard to really smell the food she woke herself up.
  每天早晨她总是使劲地闻着闻着，仿佛真正闻到了食物的香味，这才完全醒过来的。
• She wiped her face and sniffed loudly
  她抹了一把脸，很响地抽着鼻子。