whiff
英 [w?f]
美 [w?f]
- vt. 吸；噴出
- n. 一點(diǎn)點(diǎn)；單人小劃艇；琴鲆屬魚(yú)；吸氣或吹氣
- vi. 噴氣；垂釣；輕吹
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音：微拂，微風(fēng)，晚風(fēng)微拂澎湖灣，海浪逐沙灘
中文詞源
英文詞源
- 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.
雙語(yǔ)例句
- 1. Not a whiff of scandal has ever tainted his private life.
- 他的私生活沒(méi)有爆出過(guò)一丁點(diǎn)兒的丑聞。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 2. The TV show had the whiff of hypocrisy and pomposity.
- 這個(gè)電視節(jié)目有些偽善和夸耀的嫌疑。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 3. He caught a whiff of her perfume.
- 他聞到了她身上的一股香水味。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 4. a whiff of cigar smoke
- 一股雪茄煙味
來(lái)自《權(quán)威詞典》
- 5. Now and again , he caught a whiff of a peculiar smell.
- 他不時(shí)聞到一股怪味.
來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》