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sniff ☞sniffv. [snɪf] (sniffs; sniffed; sniffing)
双解释义 1. vt. & vi.嗅；闻 test by sniffing; try the smell of 2. vt. & vi.喘粗气 draw air in through the nose so that there is a sound基本要点 1. sniff的基本意思是“闻，嗅”，指将鼻子贴近某人或某物，通过嗅觉器官来对其进行判断，可以表示“嗅”的动作，也可以表示“嗅出”的结果。引申可指“喘粗气”“觉察到”。2. sniff可用作及物动词，也可用作不及物动词。用作及物动词时，后接名词或代词作宾语，有时还可以接以形容词充当补足语的复合宾语。3. sniff可以引出直接引语，意思是“哼了一声说道”。词汇搭配 ～+名词 ～ clothes 闻衣服 ～ flower 闻花 ～ medicine 闻药 ～ perfume 闻香水 ～ danger 觉察到了危险 ～ plot 觉察到了阴谋～+副词 ～ appreciably 高兴地闻了闻 ～ greedily 贪婪地闻 ～ instinctively 本能地闻了闻 ～ suspiciously 疑惑地闻 ～ around 四处察看 ～ out 嗅出 ～ up 吸入～+介词 ～ at 嗅…句型例句 用作不及物动词 ▲ S+～(+A) She lifted the lids and sniffed appreciably. 她掀开盖子高兴地闻了闻。 He must have had a cold, he is sniffing. 他一定是感冒了，正在打喷嚏。 The man who had cold was sniffing. 那个伤风的人在呼呼地吸气。用作及物动词 ▲ S+～+n./pron. The dog is sniffing the man. 这只狗正在闻那个人。 The dog sniffed the ground. 这狗嗅地面。 You must sniff this lovely perfume. 你该闻一闻这优雅宜人的香水。 I sniffed the medicine before taking a spoonful of it. 我闻了闻药，然后服了一匙。 The police sniffed a plot and broke up the meeting. 警察发觉有阴谋就驱散了这个会议。▲ 引出直接引语 "I expected something rather nicer," she sniffed. 她鼻子里哼了一下说道：“我希望的是更好的东西。” "I am not appreciated in the office," he sniffed. 他傲气地埋怨说：“我在办公室里不受重视。”用作宾补动词 ▲ S+～+n./pron.+adj. I can sniff something burning. 我闻到有什么东西烧焦的味儿。常用短语 ♣ sniff at (v.+prep.)▲ sniff at sb/sth 1. 闻…，嗅… put the nose to (sth or sb) and take short breaths so as to smell it or him/her The dog sniffed suspiciously at the stranger. 狗疑惑地嗅着那个陌生人。 She sniffed at several perfumes before choosing one. 她闻过几种香水后选取了一种。 He is sniffing at a rose. 他在闻玫瑰花。 The dog was sniffing at the lamp-post. 那只狗正在嗅路灯柱。2. 瞧不起 look (sb or sth) down You shouldn't sniff at this opportunity, you may not get another like it. 你不应该小看这个机会，你未必再得到同样的机会了。◇ 用于be ～ed结构 Such a good offer is not to be sniffed at. 不应该对这样的好提议不屑一顾。 ♣ sniff out (v.+adv.) 嗅到，闻出；探知，觉察 find (sth or sb) by using the nose with short breaths; discover (sth, often bad) by guessing▲ sniff sb/sth ⇔ out The police were determined to sniff out the ringleaders. 警方决心要找到匪首。 Police sent dogs into the crowd to sniff out the drugs. 警察把警犬放到人群中去嗅出毒品。 The dog sniffed the fox out. 狗闻出了狐狸的味道。 He says he can sniff out trouble before it starts. 他说他能在麻烦事发生之前就觉察出来。 ♣ sniff up (v.+adv.) 吸入鼻腔 take (sth such as liquid or steam) into the nose with short breaths▲ sniff sth ⇔ up He sniffed the vapour up. 他吸入蒸汽。 If you sniff up this special drug, it will clear your head. 如果你把这种特殊的药物吸入鼻腔，就能使头脑清醒。◇ 用于be ～ed结构 It is a preparation to be sniffed up through the nostrils. 这是一种由鼻吸入的药物。词语辨异 ♣ sniff, smell 这组词的共同意思是“嗅”。其区别在于： 1. smell更强调嗅觉，而sniff更强调嗅觉器官。所以smell可用于表示“有无嗅觉”，而sniff可表示“吸入”。2. smell可表示“散发臭味”，而sniff可表示“鼻子里哼了一声说道”，引出直接引语，而smell无此意义和用法。学习参考 sniff 还可用作名词，意思是“吸， 闻， 吸气声， 嗤之以鼻”。
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