snuff

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  • vt.
    剪(烛)花
    扑灭,熄灭(烛光)
    消灭,扼杀
  • vi.
    死去
    熄灭(火焰)
    (伤风鼻阻时)呼呼地吸(气),吸入
    闻,嗅
  • n.
    烛花,灯花
    鼻烟
    气息

单词词源

snuff 鼻烟

来自辅音丛 sn-,鼻子,闻,嗅,发鼻音,比较 sneer,snore,snicker,sniff,snuff.引申词义鼻烟。

双语例句

1. One of these involved the anatomical snuff box .
其中一个就涉及鼻烟窝。
2. Moreover , such protests as have taken place have been easy to snuff out .
而且,已经发生的这种抗议很容易遭到扼杀。
3. As it inveighs against colonel qaddafi , its saudi allies have helped snuff out the flame of democracy in the gulf state of bahrain .
正像是他们对卡扎菲猛烈抨击,其盟国沙特已经帮助熄灭了在海湾国家的民主的火焰。
4. He taps snuff from a plastic bottle .
他从一个小瓶子里轻轻叩出一点鼻烟。
5. In the north , however , the manufacture of snuff and cigars remained largely the operation of whites .
然而,在美国北部,鼻烟和雪茄烟的制造主要由白人操作。

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