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

• He sniffed the apples and smelled nothing.
  他把鼻子凑到苹果冲服嗅了嗅。
• 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。”
• He sniffed the perfume she wore, then gave her a quick survey.
  他闻了闻她身上的香水味，然后又飞快地打量了她一眼。
• 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。
• "It looks like an altar," she sniffed.
  “这简直像个祭坛了，”她鼻子里哼了一声。
• She sniffed at it suspiciously.
  她怀疑地闻了闻。
• 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。
• 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。
• I did not know if the milk had gone bad so I sniffed it to check.
  我不知道这个牛奶坏了没，所以我闻一闻来确定一下。
• But about six feet from the tree the creature stopped, and sniffed the air, looking around suspiciously.
  可是，就在离树还有六步远的地方，这个怪物停下了脚步，抬头在空气中嗅了嗅，警惕地环顾了一下四周。