英语词汇“sniff out”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

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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单词	sniff out
释义	Trends of sniff out View usage for: 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] See full dictionary entry for sniff 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 [drugs etc] 嗅出 (xiùchū) (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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