单词	snuff
释义	snuff1 verbsnuff2 noun snuffsnuff1 /snʌf/ verb Word Origin WORD ORIGINsnuff1 Origin: 1-2 1300-1400 snuff ‘burned part of a used candle’ (14-19 centuries). 3 1500-1600 Dutch snuffen ‘to sniff’ Verb Table VERB TABLE snuff Simple Form Present I, you, we, they snuff he, she, it snuffs Past I, you, he, she, it, we, they snuffed Present perfect I, you, we, they have snuffed he, she, it has snuffed Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had snuffed Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will snuff Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have snuffed Continuous Form Present I am snuffing he, she, it is snuffing you, we, they are snuffing Past I, he, she, it was snuffing you, we, they were snuffing Present perfect I, you, we, they have been snuffing he, she, it has been snuffing Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had been snuffing Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will be snuffing Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have been snuffing Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES Any hopes of a comeback by the Raiders were snuffed at the start of the second half. How could anyone be so evil that they could snuff out the life of a young girl? EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS But he was constantly snuffed out by City's engine-room battlers. Still, it took another gem, by third baseman Ken Caminiti, to snuff that threat. The breath was knocked out of him, the spell scattered and snuffed out. The Cowboys had tried to snuff them. Thompson took a fine ball from Pugh after 12 minutes and again raced clear but Swansea's defence snuffed out the danger. What was it all about when some one like Mac could be snuffed out, just like that? Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB► out · But he was constantly snuffed out by City's engine-room battlers.· A stultifying inversion has snuffed out some of the most ambitious air-quality bills in the Legislature this year.· What was it all about when some one like Mac could be snuffed out, just like that?· I stopped suddenly, the rage, like a candle flame, snuffed out.· The breath was knocked out of him, the spell scattered and snuffed out.· John Henry threw his hammer and snuffed out the fuse.· Any question of a coup or a move towards popular democracy had been snuffed out.· But the canal era was nearing its end, snuffed out by the new railroads. NOUN► candle · He snuffed out the candle and, putting his face over the glass chimney of the lamp, blew out the flame.· Method: Any random idiot knows how to snuff out a candle after a quick lick of the fingers. Phrases PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY► snuff it Also drowning himself or any other method of snuffing it. If only the old man had snuffed it of natural causes, as he had seemed on the point of doing! 1 (also snuff out) [transitive] to stop a candle burning by pressing the burning part with your fingers or by covering it2snuff it British English informal to die3[intransitive, transitive] if an animal snuffs, it breathes air into its nose in a noisy way, especially in order to smell something SYN  sniffsnuff something/somebody ↔ out phrasal verb1to stop a candle burning by pressing the burning part with your fingers or by covering it2to stop or end something in a sudden way:  a rebellion that will snuff out democracy3informal to kill someone:  a young woman snuffed out by an unknown killer snuff1 verbsnuff2 noun snuffsnuff2 noun [uncountable] Word Origin WORD ORIGINsnuff2 Origin: 1600-1700 Dutch snuf, from snuftabak, from snuffen ( ➔ SNUFF1) + tabak ‘tobacco’ Examples EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS But she dipped her thumb and forefinger into the bag and took out a pinch of snuff. I jumped up in fright and in the process knocked the snuff out of her hand. One of the mills still produces snuff. She'd taxed him with trading them for snuff, which was his passion, and he'd not denied it. She took a pinch of snuff in her hand and sprinkled it over the note murmuring something under her breath. The probably truth is that, like snuff, he regularly got up aristocratic noses. They never said anything about snuff, silverweed and horse-racing. word sets WORD SETS► Tobacco ashtray, nounbaccy, nounbriar, nounbutt, nouncheroot, nouncigar, nouncigarette, nouncigarette butt, nouncigarette holder, nouncigarette lighter, nouncigarette paper, nounciggy, noundog-end, noundrag, nounfilter tip, nounlighter, nounmenthol, nounmentholated, adjectivenicotine, nounnicotine patch, nounnon-smoker, nounnon-smoking, adjectivepassive smoking, nounpipe, nounpipe cleaner, nounroll, verbroll-up, nounshag, nounsmoke, nounsmoking, nounsnuff, nounstem, nounstogie, nountab, nountar, nounwater pipe, noun Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY► pinch of snuff  He took a pinch of snuff. ► snuff box  a snuff box (=a small box used to keep snuff in) ► bring ... up to snuff  A lot of money was spent to bring the building up to snuff. COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN► box · In his hands he holds a snuff box, shaped like a small quiver, and a thin stick.· Many of Birmingham's population of artisans were occupied in producing trays and caddies, as well as snuff boxes for Virginia tobacco.· Its use in the past included the manufacture of spoons and snuff boxes. Phrases PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY► up to snuff A few of these devices should be exploded every year to test whether the refurbishing is working up to snuff. It is the kind of work that museums do to conserve their furniture collections and bring their acquisitions up to snuff. Semiconductor, software and computer companies slumped in price because of concern that earnings may not be up to snuff. 1a type of tobacco in powder form, which people breathe in through their noses:  He took a pinch of snuff. a snuff box (=a small box used to keep snuff in)2up to snuff American English informal good enough for a particular purpose:  A lot of money was spent to bring the building up to snuff.
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