(noun.) sensing an odor by inhaling through the nose.
(verb.) inhale audibly through the nose; 'the sick student was sniffling in the back row'.
(verb.) perceive by inhaling through the nose; 'sniff the perfume'.
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双语例句
I don't think it's fair for some girls to have plenty of pretty things, and other girls nothing at all, added little Amy, with an injured sniff. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特.小妇人.
Robert Jordan heard a quick, control-breaking sniff of laughter from the girl, Maria, who was standing behind him. 欧内斯特·海明威.丧钟为谁而鸣.
Don't cry, child, it worries me to hear people sniff. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特.小妇人.
I tried both ways, and when it came to a sniff or utter mortification and woe, he just threw the grammar on to the floor and marched out of the room. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特.小妇人.
Having dried them, and indulged in the harmless luxury of a sob and a sniff, he put it up again. 查尔斯·狄更斯.小杜丽.
A sniff was the Hon. 弗格斯·休姆.奇幻岛.
Other children in grief or pain cry aloud, without shame or restraint; but this being wept: the tiniest occasional sniff testified to her emotion. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特.维莱特.
When I had done he opened them indolently, took his silver smelling-bottle from the table, and sniffed at it with an air of gentle relish. 威尔基·柯林斯.白衣女人.
Laurie meanwhile posted off to comfort Amy, and told his story so well that Aunt March actually 'sniffed' herself, and never once said I told you so. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特.小妇人.
Can you--' she sniffed, and sniffed at the bottle--'can you smell bilberries? 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯.恋爱中的女人.
Everybody sniffed when they came to that part. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特.小妇人.
For fully twenty minutes the brute alternately sniffed and tore at the door, occasionally giving voice to a wild, savage cry of baffled rage. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯.人猿泰山.
As we approached them they sniffed our unfamiliar scent and with squeals of rage circled about us. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯.火星战神.
Again scampering devious, bounding here, rushing there, snuffing and sniffing everywhere; she at last discovered me in classe. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特.维莱特.
I consider his planting one of his menial tools in the yard, an act of sneaking and sniffing. 查尔斯·狄更斯.我们共同的朋友.
Then she distinctly heard the beast outside sniffing at the door, not two feet from where she crouched. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯.人猿泰山.
Louisa languidly leaned upon the window looking out, without looking at anything, while young Thomas stood sniffing revengefully at the fire. 查尔斯·狄更斯.艰难时事.
Next (to clear the ground before coming to business), you've placed in this yard a skulking, a sneaking, and a sniffing, menial. 查尔斯·狄更斯.我们共同的朋友.
Mr. Snagsby sniffs and tastes again. 查尔斯·狄更斯.荒凉山庄.