| 单词 | whiff |
| 释义 | whiff (once / 2245 pages) 1nv 2n A whiff can mean the hint of something you smell. When you drive past the sewage treatment plant and suddenly roll up your car windows, it's usually because you've gotten a whiff of the plant's special odor. Whiff can be used as either a noun or verb, and it implies a brief or small puff or sniff. A person can have "a whiff of the exotic," which means they are living like the rest of us, but there is a little something about them that seems foreign or different. Sometimes, of course, odors are so overpowering that a small sniff is all you need: "Take a whiff of this," your friend might say to you, holding out a carton of sour milk. In that case, one whiff will be more than enough. WORD FAMILYwhiff: whiffed, whiffer, whiffing, whiffs+/whiffer: whiffers USAGE EXAMPLESFor some of the candidates, that carries a whiff of insiderism. Washington Post(Jan 01, 2017) But the Austrian Culture Ministry’s decision to replace the company’s current director, Dominique Meyer, added a whiff of intrigue. New York Times(Dec 21, 2016) The persuasion, it seems, was a whiff of scandal such as the tales of corruption that are now surfacing. Economist(Dec 15, 2016) 1 1n a short light gust of air Syn|Hyper puff, puff of air blast, blow, gust a strong current of air 2n a strikeout resulting from the batter swinging at and missing the ball for the third strike Hyper strikeout an out resulting from the batter getting three strikes 3v drive or carry as if by a puff of air The gust of air whiffed away the clouds Hyper blow cause to move by means of an air current 4v utter with a puff of air whiff out a prayer Hyper mouth, speak, talk, utter, verbalise, verbalize express in speech 5v perceive by inhaling through the nose Syn|Hyper sniff smell inhale the odor of; perceive by the olfactory sense 6v smoke and exhale strongly whiff a pipe Syn|Hyper puff smoke inhale and exhale smoke from cigarettes, cigars, pipes 7v strike out by swinging and missing the pitch charged as the third 2Hyper strike out put out or be put out by a strikeout n a lefteye flounder found in coastal waters from New England to Brazil Hypo|Hyper Citharichthys cornutus, horned whiff a whiff found in waters from the Bahamas and northern Gulf of Mexico to Brazil lefteye flounder, lefteyed flounder flatfishes with both eyes on the left side of the head |
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