sniff

1. V-I When you sniff, you breathe in air through your nose hard enough to make a sound, for example, when you are trying not to cry, or in order to show disapproval. 抽鼻子 (用來忍住哭聲或表示不贊同)

She wiped her face and sniffed loudly. 她擦擦臉，大聲地抽著鼻子。

Then he sniffed. There was a smell of burning. 然后他抽了抽鼻子。空氣里有一股燒焦的味道。

2. N-COUNT Sniff is also a noun. 抽鼻子聲

At last the sobs ceased, to be replaced by sniffs. 最后嗚咽聲終于停止了，取而代之的是抽鼻子的聲音。

3. V-T/V-I If you sniff something or sniff at it, you smell it by sniffing. (吸著氣) 聞

Suddenly, he stopped and sniffed the air. 突然他停下來，嗅了嗅空氣中的味道。

4. V-T You can use sniff to indicate that someone says something in a way that shows their disapproval or contempt. 嗤之以鼻地說

"Tourists!" she sniffed. “觀光客！”她鄙夷地說。

5. V-T/V-I If you say that something is not to be sniffed at, you think it is very good or worth having. If someone sniffs at something, they do not think it is good enough, or they express their contempt for it. 輕視[usu passive, usu with brd-neg]

The salary was not to be sniffed at either. 當(dāng)時(shí)的工資也是不容輕視的。

6. V-T If someone sniffs a substance such as glue, they deliberately breathe in the substance or the gases from it as a drug. 用鼻子吸

He felt light-headed, as if he'd sniffed glue. 他覺得頭暈，好像吸了膠毒一樣。