snuff
美音:
[snʌf
]英音:
[snʌf
]n.灯花,烛花,鼻吸气息,气息 v.用鼻子使劲地吸,扑灭
难易程度:
snuff为短语/超纲词汇
词形变化:
动词过去式:snuffed 过去分词:snuffed 现在分词:snuffing 第三人称单数:snuffs
近义词, 同义词
snuff
/snʌf; snʌf/
n [U] powdered tobacco taken into the nose by sniffing 鼻烟(粉末状烟叶, 用鼻孔吸入)
*take a pinch of snuff 吸一捏鼻烟.
/snʌf; snʌf/
v
1 [Tn] cut or pinch off the burnt black end of the wick of (a candle) 剪(蜡烛)的心.
2 (idm 习语) `snuff it (Brit sl joc 俚, 谑) die 吹灯, 吹灯拔蜡(死亡)
*His dad snuffed it a couple of years ago. 他爸爸两年前就吹灯了.
3 (phr v) snuff sth out
(a) put out (a candle flame, etc); extinguish sth 熄灭(烛光等); 扑灭某事物.
(b) put an end to sth; finish sth 消灭或结束某事物
*His hopes were nearly snuffed out. 他的希望几乎破灭了.