Sniffy is the look of someone who thinks a thing is beneath them. Picture the small sniff people give when they smell something they do not like — that tiny lift of the nose. The word takes that gesture and uses it for an attitude: you think something is cheap, low quality, or not good enough for a person like you, and you let it show.

Sniffy sniffy is是 the look of someone那種⋯的表情 who thinks a thing is beneath them覺得某件事配不上自己。 Picture想像一下 the small sniff人們發出的那種小小的哼聲 people give when they smell something they do not like聞到不喜歡的味道時 — that tiny lift of the nose鼻子微微一抬。 The word這個詞 takes that gesture把那個動作拿來 and uses it for an attitude用在一種態度上：you think something is cheap, low quality你覺得某個東西廉價、低級, or not good enough for a person like you或配不上像你這樣的人，and you let it show而且還表現出來。

It is usually built with about or of: sniffy about instant coffee, sniffy about my old car, sniffy about pop music.

It它 is usually built with通常會搭配 about or of about或of：sniffy about instant coffee sniffy about即溶咖啡, sniffy about my old car sniffy about我的老車, sniffy about pop music sniffy about流行音樂。

Two things are worth knowing. First, it is much more common in British English than American, and it feels quite informal and a bit light — you use it to tease someone for being a snob, not to make a serious accusation.

Two things有兩件事 are worth knowing值得知道。 First第一，it is much more common in British English than American它在英式英文比美式英文常見得多，and it feels quite informal and a bit light語感相當口語、有點輕鬆 — you use it to tease someone for being a snob你是用它來調侃某人勢利，not to make a serious accusation而不是提出嚴重的指控。

Second, the disapproval is looking DOWN. If you dislike something because it is dangerous or wrong, sniffy is the wrong word; sniffy is for when you dislike something because it is not classy enough.

Second第二，the disapproval這種不以為然的態度 is looking DOWN是「往下看」的。 If you dislike something如果你討厭某件事 because it is dangerous or wrong是因為它危險或不對，sniffy is the wrong word sniffy就用錯了；sniffy is for sniffy是用在 when you dislike something你討厭某件事 because it is not classy enough是因為它不夠高級的時候。

There is a second, much rarer use where sniffy simply means smelling bad, but the snobbish meaning is the one you will actually meet in reading.

There is a second, much rarer use還有第二個、少見得多的用法 where sniffy simply means在這裡sniffy單純指 smelling bad聞起來很臭，but the snobbish meaning但那種勢利的意思 is the one you will actually meet in reading是你在閱讀裡真正會遇到的。