whiff

whiff音标

英 [wɪf]

美 [hwɪf, wɪf]

whiff基本释义

n.一吹；一阵香气；香烟的一口

v.轻轻地吹；吹送；使被三阵出*

whiff用法及例句

noun

1. a strikeout resulting from the batter swinging at and missing the ball for the third strike

2. a lefteye flounder found in coastal waters from New England to Brazil

3. a short light gust of air

Synonym: puffpuff of air

verb

1. utter with a puff of air

e.g. whiff out a prayer

2. smoke and exhale strongly

e.g. puff a cigarwhiff a pipe

Synonym: puff

3. strike out by swinging and missing the pitch charged as the third

4. drive or carry as if by a puff of air

e.g. The gust of air whiffed away the clouds

5. perceive by inhaling through the nose

e.g. sniff the perfume

Synonym: sniff

1. 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.

whiff的解释

e.g. He caught a whiff of her perfume.他闻到了她身上的一股香水味。

2. 轻微的征兆;迹象A whiff of something bad or harmful is a slight sign of it.

e.g. 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。e.g. 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。

1. whiff

1. 一吹：whichsoever 不论何者 | whiff 一吹 | whiffet 小狗

2. whiff

2. 一点点：bailout loans 紧急援助贷款 | whiff 一点点 | old-fashioned 传统的,老套的

3. 吹起：ditch 摆脱 | whiff 吹起 | politicisation *治化

4. 喷出：fragrance:芬芳 | whiff:喷出 | magnolia:木兰

Give her a whiff of fresh air with the bellows.

出自：Dickens

近义词

临近词

breeze微风

sniff嗅

fume烟

hint暗示

breath呼吸

suggestion建议

smell气味

whisper低语

aroma浓香

trace痕迹

odour气味（尤指不好闻的...

scent气味

vestige丝毫

air空气

puff喷出

odor气味

sign手势

whichever

whifflow

Whiffin

whiffing line

whiffy

whiffler

whiffletree

whiffleball

whiffle

Whig

Whiffen

whiffet

相关列句

Short sleeves, after all, carry the whiff of the simian: isn't it the chimpanzee that generally performs in something less than a long sleeve?(短袖，归根结底，带有一种猿猴的意味：通常不是黑猩猩穿着短袖类的东西在表演吗？)

If that idea has the whiff of failure about it, well, sniff again.(如果说这个主意有一点点失败之处的话，是呀，再闻一闻吧。)

He caught a whiff of perfume as he leaned towards her.(他探身靠近她时闻到一股香水味。)

The whiff of romance: Norwegian goats' cheese.(浪漫的味道：挪威羊奶干酪。)

Or tried take a whiff of any of the vegetation that surrounds us everyday?(或者试着去吸一口我们周围植物的清新的气息吗？)

A whiff of instability would spread panic in the oil market.(一丝丝不稳定都会将恐慌迅速传遍整个石油市场。)

Indeed, it has a whiff of desperation about it.(事实上，它有一丝绝望的气息。)

The number of official “blue sky days” is on the rise, and the ubiquitous whiff of coal smoke is now rare.(官方统计的“蓝天日”的数量在上升，以前随处可见的袅袅炊烟现在变得罕见了。)

Good for the stock market, too, a whiff of inflation.(小幅度的通货膨胀对于股市也是有好处的。)

When she sees a whiff of colored gas come out, she simply asks those gas particles what path they traveled.(当她看到一缕着色气体出来时，就向那些气体粒子询问它们走过的路径。)