单词 | sniffle |
释义 | snifflen.1 1. the sniffles, the snuffles. Also U.S. slang, a fit of low spirits. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disorder of respiratory organs > [noun] > common cold or catarrh poseOE rheuma1398 cold?a1425 snekec1440 refraidourc1450 murr1451 gravedity1547 coldment1578 snorea1585 catarrh1588 coqueluche1611 gravediny1620 coryza1634 snurl1674 catch-cold1706 gravedo1706 common cold1713 coolth?1748 snuffles1770 snifters1808 influenza cold1811 snaffles1822 the sniffles1825 snuffiness1834 crying cold1843 flu1899 the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > [noun] > fit of gloominga1400 dumpa1535 mubble fubbles1589 mulligrubs1599 mumps1599 mood1609 blues1741 mopes1742 gloom1744 humdrums1757 dismals1764 horror1768 mournfuls1794 doldrum1811 doleful1822 glumps1825 jim-jams1896 katzenjammer1897 the sniffles1903 mopery1907 joes1916 woofits1918 cafard1924 jimmies1928 the blahs1969 downer1970 1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. Sniffles, that difficulty of breathing through the nostrils, which is caused by cold in the head. 1878 Trans. Illinois Dept. Agric. 14 244 It is my remedy for sniffles. 1891 E. Eggleston in Cent. Mag. Mar. 664 Nothing more than a case of infantile sniffles. 1903 A. Adams Log of Cowboy xviii. 279 I hope you won't get the sniffles and tell any [sc. gloomy tales]. 2. An act of sniffling; a slight snivel or snuffle. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > organs of excretion > excretion of mucus > [noun] > action of cleaning nose snuffling1580 sniffling1836 sniff1860 sniffle1880 nose-picking1916 the world > life > the body > respiratory organs > breathing > inhalation > [noun] > through nose snoachinga1387 sniftingc1430 snivellingc1430 snuffing1540 sniffing1575 snuffling1580 snufflea1764 sniff1767 snuff1822 sniftera1835 sniffling1836 snivel1847 sniffle1880 1880 G. Meredith Tragic Comedians II. iii. 41 ‘You have been a little weak,’ the phantom said to her, and she acquiesced with a soft sniffle. 1885 J. Martineau Types Ethical Theory (1886) II. i. v. 174 A curve in the nose, a colour of the hair, a sniffle in the voice. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online June 2018). snifflen.2 Weaving. A form of ravel or separator. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > manufacture of textile fabric > [noun] > weaving > loom > reed or slay slayc1050 reed1595 raddle1648 niffler1752 evener1785 ravel1805 sniffle1805 separator1831 rave1888 shed-stick1910 shed-rod1968 1805 J. Austin in Trans. Soc. Arts 23 242 An universal ravel or sniffle, useful at the beaming of all kinds of webs. This machine is of itself complete, and will beam from the coarsest to the finest web. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online June 2019). snifflev. a. intransitive. To snivel or snuffle slightly; to sniff. Also (with that and complement), to say with a sniffle. The verbal noun and participial adjective are recorded much earlier. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > respiratory organs > breathing > inhalation > inhale [verb (intransitive)] > through nose sniffc1340 snifterc1340 snavelc1480 snuff1530 snuffle1611 snufter1632 whiff1635 snot1662 snift1703 snotter1710 snuff1714 sniffle1819 snoach1844 1819 W. Scott Legend of Montrose vi, in Tales of my Landlord 3rd Ser. IV. 129 So saying, and..sniffling a little to swallow his grief, he turned from the heart-rending spectacle. 1843 W. S. Landor Imaginary Conversat. in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Feb. 210 He does not sniffle: to my ears he speaks plain English. 1883 L. A. Lambert Notes on Ingersoll vi. 57 And yet you sniffle that He killed art. b. transferred. Of a breeze. (Cf. sniffler n.) ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > wind > blow (of the wind) [verb (intransitive)] > blow gently breathe1567 perspire1648 breeze1682 waft1804 sniffle1885 zephyr1973 1885 J. Runciman Skippers & Shellbacks 143 About nine it began to sniffle and blow a bit. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.11825n.21805v.1819 |
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