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

verb | noun

sniffsniff1 /snɪf/ ●●○ S3 verb

ETYMOLOGYsniff¹

Origin: 1300-1400 from the sound

VERB TABLE

sniff

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	sniff
	he, she, it	sniffs
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	sniffed
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have sniffed
	he, she, it	has sniffed
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had sniffed
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will sniff
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have sniffed

Continuous Form
Present	I	am sniffing
	he, she, it	is sniffing
	you, we, they	are sniffing
Past	I, he, she, it	was sniffing
	you, we, they	were sniffing
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been sniffing
	he, she, it	has been sniffing
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been sniffing
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be sniffing
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been sniffing

1[intransitive, transitive] to breathe air in through your nose in order to smell something: He opened the milk and sniffed it.2[intransitive] to breathe air into your nose in short breaths, loudly enough so that it can be heard: She sniffed a few times and stopped crying.3[transitive] to say something in a way that shows you think something is not good or impressive enough for you: “Is that all?” she sniffed.4[transitive] to take an illegal drug such as cocaine through your nose [Origin: 1300–1400 from the sound] → see also glue sniffingsniff at something phrasal verb1to think or show you think that someone or something is not very good or not good enough for you2be nothing to sniff at to be good or impressive enough to be considered carefully SYN be nothing to sneeze atsniff something ↔ out phrasal verb1to discover or find something by its smell: Officers used dogs to sniff out bodies in the rubble.2to find out or discover something: He could always sniff out talent in others.