sniffs

英 [snɪfs]

美 [snɪfs]

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
sniff的第三人称单数和复数

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

• Owns a dog that has a fit when it sniffs a snuff-box.
  他有条狗，一闻到别人的鼻烟就抽筋。
• Everyone says Shanghai women are so superficial, she sniffs.
  每个人都说上海女性是如此肤浅，她鄙视地说。
• The Sniffs loved it and told us they enjoyed working in a place that recognized change and adapted in time.
  嗅嗅们喜欢这项工作，他们告诉我，他们喜欢在这样的环境中工作，在这里他们能够识别变化并及时做出调整。
• As follows, the main threats to network security is: non-authorized visits, pretend to be legitimate users, breaks the integrity of data, disrupts the normal operation of a system, spread internet viruses, networks sniffs and so on.
  对网络安全的威胁主要表现在：非授权访问，冒充合法用户，破坏数据完整性，干扰系统正常运行，利用网络传播病毒，线路窃听等方面。
• The research team concluded from an experiment that there appears to be a so-called behavioral synchronization between a sweating person and the person who sniffs that sweat.
  通过实验，研究团队发现，在出汗的人和闻到汗液味道的人之间存在着所谓的行为一致性。
• An executive at a rival firm sniffs that it is not really relevant any more.
  一家对手公司的经理却嗤之以鼻，认为这没有关联。
• "Gadzooks! Is there a panic detector, akin to a smoke detector, that sniffs anxiety in the air?"( George F Will)
  “天哪！世上难道真有一种象烟尘探测器一样把空气中的紧张气氛吸走的恐怖探测器吗？”（乔治F威尔）
• Held by a lead he sniffs for explosives and then starts burrowing& a sign that a landmine lies underneath.
  在导绳牵制下，他嗅闻火药的味道，然后开始挖掘&这是地下埋有地雷的迹象。
• When a dog smells food, he usually sniffs.
  狗闻到食物时常吸鼻子。
• My dog always sniffs at strangers whenever it sees them.
  不管什么时候我家狗看见生人就嗅嗅。