snuffed

英 [snʌft]

美 [snʌft]

v.  掐灭，闷熄，熄灭(小火苗); 出声地嗅
snuff的过去分词和过去式

柯林斯词典

• 鼻烟
  Snuffis powdered tobacco which people take by breathing it in quickly through their nose.
• VERB 断气;死去
  If someonesnuffs it, they die.
  1. He thought he was about to snuff it.
     他觉得自己快要咽气了。

双语例句

• The complication snuffed out his hope of recovery.
  并发症使他痊愈的希望破灭了。
• At the end of the poem, the embers of my fire are about to be snuffed out.
  在诗的结尾，我生命之火的余烬即将熄灭。
• Old Tom snuffed out last weekend.
  老汤姆上个周末死了。
• His hopes were nearly snuffed out.
  他的希望几乎都被打破了。
• The dog snuffed the scent of the fox.
  狗闻到了狐狸的臭迹。
• When the sixth had struck, he snuffed the candle with his fingers.
  第六响敲过以后，他用手指掐熄了烛芯。
• Like candles guttering in the wind, three of the worlds eight subspecies of tigers have been snuffed out.
  像风中燃烧的蜡烛，世界上八个老虎的属种已经有三个灭绝了。
• In the end they hoped his life would be snuffed out so he wouldn't suffer any more.
  最后他们希望他的生命能熄灭，这样他就不用再忍受痛苦了。
• One by one she snuffed the candles.
  她把蜡烛一支支地熄灭。
• And so these two lives were snuffed out.
  这两个叫化子就是这样一命呜呼了。