whiff是什么意思？

whiff

英[wɪf] 美[hwɪf, wɪf]

• n. 吸气或吹气，一种比目鱼，<口>难闻的气味，小雪茄烟；
• vt. 吸，喷出，击球失败；
• vi. 喷气，垂钓，轻吹；

复数：whiffs;

第三人称单数：whiffs;

过去式：whiffed;

过去分词：whiffed;

现在分词：whiffing;

例句

• detecting the unmistakable whiff of electoral blackmail 发现选举讹诈的蛛丝马迹
• Journalists caught a whiff of scandal and pursued the actress relentlessly. 记者抓到了丑闻的一点线索，于是对这个女演员穷追不舍。
• Now and again, he caught a whiff of a peculiar smell. 他不时闻到一股怪味。
• A whiff of fresh air cleared his head. 他吸了一点新鲜空气后头脑清醒了。
• Without the piercing chilliness of the snowfall,where comes the fragrant whiff of the plum blossoms. 没有一朝寒彻骨,哪来梅花扑鼻香。
• He lost consciousness at the first whiff of ether. 他一嗅到乙醚便失去了知觉。
• He always retreated emotionally at the first whiff of conflict. 只要有一点冲突的迹象，他在感情上就退缩。
• Now and again , he caught a whiff of a peculiar smell. 他不时闻到一股怪味.
• a whiff of cigar smoke 一股雪茄烟味
• The Hispaniola rolled steadily, dipping her bowsprit nod and then with a whiff of spray. 西斯潘尼奥拉号稳稳地向前驶去, 船首的斜桅杆不时被一阵飞溅的浪花打湿.

同义词

• vt.
  whiff的同义词之：发出;闻;嗅;冒出
  smell, scent, fume, odor,
• whiff的同义词之：其他释义
  smell, breath, air, scent, fume, breeze, odor,

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-COUNT
  一阵(气味)
  If there is a whiff of a particular smell, you smell it only slightly or only for a brief period of time, for example as you walk past someone or something.
  例句
  He caught a whiff of her perfume. 他闻到了她身上的一股香水味。
• N-COUNT
  轻微的征兆;迹象
  A whiff of something bad or harmful is a slight sign of it.
  例句
  Not a whiff of scandal has ever tainted his private life... 他的私生活没有爆出过一丁点儿的丑闻。 The TV show had the whiff of hypocrisy and pomposity. 这个电视节目有些伪善和夸耀的嫌疑。

英汉词典释义

• n.
  些微的气味、空气或烟
  A whiff of fresh air cleared his head. 他吸了一点新鲜空气后头脑清醒了。
  (呼吸时)吸入的少量的某物
  He lost consciousness at the first whiff of ether. 他一嗅到乙醚便失去了知觉。
  <口>难闻的气味
  Now and again, he caught a whiff of a peculiar smell. 他不时闻到一股怪味。

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. a short light gust of air
  2. a lefteye flounder found in coastal waters from New England to Brazil
  3. a strikeout resulting from the batter swinging at and missing the ball for the third strike
• Verb
  1. perceive by inhaling through the nose;
  "sniff the perfume"
  2. drive or carry as if by a puff of air;
  "The gust of air whiffed away the clouds"
  3. strike out by swinging and missing the pitch charged as the third
  4. smoke and exhale strongly;
  "puff a cigar""whiff a pipe"
  5. utter with a puff of air;
  "whiff out a prayer"