whiffs

英 [wɪfs]

美 [wɪfs]

n.  一点儿气味; 一股气味; 轻微的迹象(或感觉); 一点点; 些许; 挥空(击球未中)
v.  有臭味; 发臭; 挥空棒(击球未中)
whiff的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 一阵(气味)
  If there is awhiff ofa particular smell, you smell it only slightly or only for a brief period of time, for example as you walk past someone or something.
  1. He caught a whiff of her perfume.
     他闻到了她身上的一股香水味。
• N-COUNT 轻微的征兆;迹象
  Awhiff ofsomething bad or harmful is a slight sign of it.
  1. Not a whiff of scandal has ever tainted his private life...
     他的私生活没有爆出过一丁点儿的丑闻。
  2. The TV show had the whiff of hypocrisy and pomposity.
     这个电视节目有些伪善和夸耀的嫌疑。

双语例句

• He would inform you with quiet pride, between whiffs of his pipe, that he had put in an appearance at the Community Centre every evening for the past four years.
  他会抽着烟斗，带着种宁静的洋洋自得，告诉你过去四年里，他每个晚上都参加了街道活动中心的活动。
• They hold high "it is art but art" flag and raise whiffs of aestheticism literature ideological trend at the Chinese modem literary world.
  这些作家高举为艺术而艺术的旗帜，在中国现代文坛掀起了一股唯美主义文学思潮。
• There are still whiffs of sewerage in some of the streets, and some eating establishments looking less than sanitary.
  但是作为一个城市来看，这里的供水、供电、交通设施都在正常运转。
• That fish whiffs a bit.
  那条鱼有点臭。
• A few whiffs of the raw, strong scent of phlox invigorated her ( D.H. Lawrence)
  福禄考花的缕缕新鲜、浓重的香味使她充满活力（D.H.劳伦斯）
• He stopped work to have a few whiffs.
  他停下工作抽几口烟。
• So why in the architectural world are monumental whiffs greatly underappreciated?
  因此，文化遗产的气息为什么在建筑界大多没有得到重视？
• He took a few whiffs, ie of a cigar, pipe, etc.
  他吸了几口（雪茄、烟斗等）。
• Their subtle fragrance was wafted by the passing breeze, in whiffs airy as the notes of a song coming faintly from some distant tower.
  微风过处，送来缕缕清香，仿佛远处高楼上渺茫的歌声似的。
• Perched in the departure lounge, the orb offers curious globetrotters whiffs of Thailand, South Africa, Japan, China and Brazil.
  坐落在候机厅，地球仪为好奇的环球旅行者提供泰国、南非、日本、中国和巴西的气味。