音标:[snʌf] ; 柯林斯词典等级:1 级;
n. 烛花, 用鼻吸气, 嗅, 闻, 鼻烟, 气味
vt. 剪烛花, 掐灭, 扼杀, 消灭, 用鼻吸, 嗅出, 闻出
vi. 嗅, 闻
n. the charred portion of a candlewick
n. a pinch of smokeless tobacco inhaled at a single time
n. finely powdered tobacco for sniffing up the nose
v. sniff or smell inquiringly
词型变化:过去式 : snuffed ; 过去分词 : snuffed ; 现在分词 : snuffing ; 第三人称单数 : snuffs ; 名词复数形式 : snuffs
词性分布:
动词74%
名词26%

snuff的用法和样例:

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。

词汇搭配

  • snuff it死
  • up to snuff正常的(精明的)...
  • snuff out掐灭
  • snuff film凶杀影片
  • snuff stick鼻烟勺
  • take it in snuff动怒(生气
  • go off like a candle in a snuff突然死掉
  • go off like the snuff of a candle突然死掉
  • give someone snuff严厉地对待某人,惩罚...

经典引文

  • She was going out like the snuff of a candle.

    出自:A. Trollope
  • Yellow specks..rapidly snuffed out.

    出自:Dickens
  • He..without wetting his fingers snuffs the candle.

    出自:T. Pynchon
  • The great war had snuffed out the spirit of adventure.

    出自:R. Berthoud
  • 'The air's..delicious.' She snuffed it like a racehorse.

    出自:V. Woolf
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