Air pulled in sharply through the nose, with the sound you can hear — the word itself that sound.
From the word’s history
Middle English sniffen, of imitative origin — the word is made from the sound itself.
字典把 sniff 記為擬聲字:中古英語 sniffen 就是照著那個聲音造出來的。這一點對學習者很有用——你不必記字根,只要發一次音,那個動作就在嘴裡了;而且同一家的 snort、snore、sneeze、snore 都以 sn- 開頭,全都和鼻子有關。
Wiktionary: Middle English sniffen, 'of imitative origin'
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原始詞典資料13 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
sniffverb/snɪf/
- 1
To make a short, audible inhalation, through the nose, as when smelling something.
- The dog sniffed around the park, searching for a nice scent.
- I sniffed the meat to see whether it had gone off.
- 2
To say (something) while sniffing, such as in case of illness or unhappiness, or in contempt.
- "He's never coming back, is he?" she sniffed while looking at a picture of him.
- 3
To perceive vaguely.
- I don't know, of course, what your precious Radicals are planning to do, and I don't want to know; but I can sniff trouble in the air, nevertheless.
- 4
To pry; to investigate in an interfering manner.
- COOMBE: He got the clinch only last week — eighteen months. You see it's no good having anybody here as ain't got a^([sic]) unblemished character. We don't want to have the bluebottles come sniffing round here, do we?
- 5
To be dismissive or contemptuous of something; used with at.
- This opportunity is not to be sniffed at.
- 6
computingengineeringmathematicsTo intercept and analyse packets of data being transmitted over a network.
- packet sniffer
- 7
slangTo inhale drugs (usually cocaine) through the nose, usually in powder form.
- Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit sniffing glue.
sniffnoun/snɪf/
- 1
An instance of sniffing.
- She gave the flowers a quick sniff to check they were real.
- 2
A quantity of something that is inhaled through the nose.
- 3
A brief perception, or tiny amount.
- Tottenham did have a sniff of goal when Defoe's drilled cross just eluded his strike partner at the far post but their best effort came early in the second half when Ryan Fredericks cut in from the right before firing into the side netting.
- Telecoms firms want a sniff, having invested heavily in ultra-fast, low-latency 5G spectrum.
- 4
slangCocaine.
- He sold us some sniff and blow.
- 5
slangA toddler or young child.
sniffintj/snɪf/
- 1
A short inhalation sound, sometimes associated with crying.
- a wild boar is laughing and Obelix is crying Wild boar classified a protected species First reaction from dismayed costumers: “Boohoohoo! Sniff!”
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