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whiff

英 [wɪf] 美 [wɪf]

解释

vt. 吸；喷出
n. 一点点；单人小划艇；琴鲆属鱼；吸气或吹气
vi. 喷气；垂钓；轻吹

※ 提供单词"whiff"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照，中英文词源、例句和用法等。

中文词源

whiff 一股气味

拟声词。

英文词源

whiff (n.): 13c., weffe "foul scent or odor," of imitative origin. Modern form became popular late 16c. with tobacco smoking, probably influenced by whiffle "blow in gusts or puffs" (1560s). The verb in the baseball slang sense "to swing at a ball and miss" first recorded 1913.

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例句和用法

1. 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。

2. 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。

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

4. a whiff of cigar smoke: 一股雪茄烟味

5. Now and again , he caught a whiff of a peculiar smell.: 他不时闻到一股怪味.