whiff
英 [wɪf]
美 [wɪf]
n. 一点儿气味; 一股气味; 轻微的迹象(或感觉); 一点点; 些许; 挥空(击球未中)
v. 有臭味; 发臭; 挥空棒(击球未中)
复数:whiffs 过去式:whiffed 现在分词:whiffing 第三人称单数:whiffs 过去分词:whiffed
Collins.1 / BNC.14450 / COCA.12029
牛津词典
noun
- 一点儿气味;一股气味
a smell, especially one that you only smell for a short time- a whiff of cigar smoke
一股雪茄烟味 - 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。
- a whiff of cigar smoke
- 轻微的迹象(或感觉);一点点;些许
a slight sign or feeling of sth- a whiff of danger
一点点危险
- a whiff of danger
- 挥空(击球未中)
an unsuccessful attempt to hit the ball
verb
- 有臭味;发臭
to smell bad - 挥空棒(击球未中)
to try without success to hit the ball
柯林斯词典
- N-COUNT 一阵(气味)
If there is awhiff ofa particular smell, you smell it only slightly or only for a brief period of time, for example as you walk past someone or something.- He caught a whiff of her perfume.
他闻到了她身上的一股香水味。
- He caught a whiff of her perfume.
- N-COUNT 轻微的征兆;迹象
Awhiff ofsomething bad or harmful is a slight sign of it.- 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。
- Not a whiff of scandal has ever tainted his private life...
英英释义
noun
- a strikeout resulting from the batter swinging at and missing the ball for the third strike
- a lefteye flounder found in coastal waters from New England to Brazil
- a short light gust of air
verb
- utter with a puff of air
- whiff out a prayer
- smoke and exhale strongly
- puff a cigar
- whiff a pipe
- strike out by swinging and missing the pitch charged as the third
- drive or carry as if by a puff of air
- The gust of air whiffed away the clouds
- perceive by inhaling through the nose
- sniff the perfume
双语例句
- I caught a whiff of alcohol on his breath as he walked by.
他走过去的时候我闻到一股酒味。 - A whiff of gas will quickly put you off.
你吸一口麻醉气体马上就会进入麻醉状态。 - In some corners of the commercial-property market a slight whiff of self-congratulation is in the air.
在商业地产市场的某些角落里,空气中漂浮着一丝自得的气息。 - 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。 - Huawei can make similar pledges, but the whiff of the state in its background overwhelms its words.
华为可以做出类似的承诺,但其背景中的政府身影压倒了它的表态。 - Her writings perhaps give us a dark picture of life, but she is no pessimist, since in pessimism there is generally a whiff of self-pity and a tacit plea.
她的作品,也许给了我们一幅黑暗的人生图画,但她并不是一个消极主义者,因为,在消极主义中通常有一种自怜的情调和无言的辩白; - The thought of this, and a whiff of sugary warmth from the coffee ring, cheered him.
想到这个,加上面包圈的一阵甜甜的馨香,使他又欢悦了起来。 - He caught a whiff of her perfume.
他闻到了她身上的一股香水味。 - He caught a whiff of perfume as he leaned towards her.
他倚向她时闻到一股香水味。 - My fingers are extra fishy today, if you care to take a whiff.
我的手指今天特别腥,不知道你想不想闻一下。