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单词 sniff out
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sniff out

1. phrasal verb
If you sniff out something, you discover it after some searching.
[informal]
...journalists who are trained to sniff out sensation or scandal. [VERB PARTICLE noun]
...those who like sniffing out bargains. [VERB PARTICLE noun (not pronoun)]
[Also VERB noun PARTICLE]
2. phrasal verb
When a dog used by a group such as the police sniffs out hidden explosives or drugs, it finds them using its sense of smell.
A police dog, trained to sniff out explosives, found evidence of a bomb in the apartment. [VERB PARTICLE noun]
[Also VERB noun PARTICLE]
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sniff out in British English

verb
(tr, adverb)
to detect through shrewdness or instinct

Examples of 'sniff out' in a sentence
sniff out

Siegfried, with his keen nose, should have been able to sniff out at least a few seal holes.
Zindell, David THE BROKEN GOD
It would sniff out the truth, however many carcasses it was hidden beneath.
Clive Barker SACRAMENT (2001)

Chinese translation of 'sniff out'

sniff out

vt

  1. [drugs etc] 嗅出 (xiùchū)
  2. (inf) [scandal, bargain] 找出 (zhǎochū)
See sniff

Nearby words of
sniff out

  • sneer
  • sneeze
  • sniff
  • sniff out
  • snigger
  • snip
  • sniper
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