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snuff

英[snʌf] 美[snʌf]
  • n. 鼻烟;烛花
  • v. 掐灭;吹灯拔蜡(死亡);扼杀;嗅;抽鼻子;剪烛花
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详细释义

Noun:
  1. the charred portion of a candlewick

  2. a pinch of smokeless tobacco inhaled at a single time

  3. finely powdered tobacco for sniffing up the nose

  4. sensing an odor by inhaling through the nose

Adjective:
  1. snuff colored; of a greyish to yellowish brown

Verb:
  1. sniff or smell inquiringly

  2. inhale audibly through the nose;

    "snuff coke"

双语例句

1. The recent rebound in mortgage rates could snuff out the housing recovery.
抵押贷款利率最近的回升可能会扼杀房地产的复苏。

来自柯林斯例句

2. He thought he was about to snuff it.
他觉得自己快要咽气了。

来自柯林斯例句

3. You've got the power. You can do anything you want. You can snuff him out or not.
你已经大权在握,可以为所欲为了。你可以灭了他,也可以不这么做。

来自柯林斯例句

4. The art of decorating snuff bottles from the inside originated in Beijing.
内画壶是鼻烟壶的一种.内画技艺起源于北京.

来自汉英文学 - 散文英译

5. Greedy heirs waited for the old man to snuff out.
贪心的继承人等待着老头断气.

来自辞典例句

    用作名词 (n.)
    1. My grandfather used to take snuff.
      我祖父以前常吸鼻烟。
    2. Give the barber a pinch of snuff.
      给剃头匠一撮鼻烟。
    3. At this moment on the ridge, up against the blazing sky, a flgure was visible, like the black snuff in the midst of a candle flame.
      恰在此时,在那山岗上,在那阳光绚丽的天际出现了一个身影,就象蜡烛火焰中的一个黑色烛花。
    用作动词 (v.)
    1. He leant forward and snuffed the candle.
      他俯下身掐灭了蜡烛。
    2. His dad snuffed it a couple of years ago.
      他爸爸两年前就吹灯了。
    3. Moreover, such protests as have taken place have been easy to snuff out.
      而且,已经发生的这种抗议很容易遭到扼杀。
    4. The dog came over and snuffed at her feet.
      那条狗跑过来,用力嗅她的脚。

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