snuff

英 [snʌf]

美 [snʌf]

v.  掐灭，闷熄，熄灭(小火苗); 出声地嗅
n.  鼻烟

过去式：snuffed　过去分词：snuffed　现在分词：snuffing　第三人称单数：snuffs　复数：snuffs　

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Collins.1 / BNC.18647 / COCA.14700

短语动词

短语用例

snuff sth↔out

• 扼杀；消灭
  to stop or destroy sth completely

习惯用语

v.

snuff it
• 死
  to die

n.

up to snuffup to snuff

牛津词典

verb

• 掐灭，闷熄，熄灭（小火苗）
  to stop a small flame from burning, especially by pressing it between your fingers or covering it with sth
• 出声地嗅
  to smell sth by breathing in noisily through the nose
  1. The dogs were snuffing gently at my feet.
     几只狗轻轻地嗅着我的脚。

noun

• 鼻烟
  tobacco in the form of a powder that people take by breathing it into their noses

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。

英英释义

noun

• sensing an odor by inhaling through the nose
  Synonym:sniff
• finely powdered tobacco for sniffing up the nose
• a pinch of smokeless tobacco inhaled at a single time
• the charred portion of a candlewick

verb

• inhale audibly through the nose
  1. snuff coke
• sniff or smell inquiringly
  Synonym:snuffle

adj

• snuff colored
  Synonym:snuff-brownmummy-brownchukker-brown

双语例句

• Inside Painting is a unique traditional crafts in China, it originated of drawing snuff bottles.
  内画，是我国一种特有的传统工艺，它的产生起源于画鼻烟壶。
• When we consciously or unconsciously make that decision, we snuff out that little voice in our head.
  当我们有意或无意做出这样的决定时，我们就扼杀了心底那个微弱的声音。
• My father rather gave me snuff about my extravagance, but I was prepared for that.
  我父亲对我的铺张浪费大加谴责，不过我早就有了思想准备。
• Both snuff and chewing tobacco contain deadly carcinogens.
  鼻烟和口嚼烟都含有致癌物质。
• Standing just three inches high, a miniature Chinese snuff bottle stunned bystanders as it sparked a bidding frenzy.
  中国一只仅有三英尺高的鼻烟壶引发竞拍热潮，吸引了很多围观者。
• 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。
• Tobacco companies are focusing on cigars, snuff, chewing tobacco and other cigarette alternatives for growth as demand for cigarettes continue to decline.
  烟草公司聚焦在雪茄、鼻烟、嚼烟和其它卷烟可替代品上，因为这些产品的需求增长，而卷烟需求在继续减少。
• The International Chinese Snuff Bottle Society was set up in Hong Kong in1968.
  1968年，国际中国鼻烟壶学会成立于香港。
• I found a snuff box whilst digging the garden.
  我在花园掘土的时候发现了一个鼻烟壶。
• Chewing tobacco and snuff not allowed in the plant.
  在厂房内不许嚼和吸食烟草。