单词乎

whiff

音标[hwif]

汉语翻译

n. 一吹, 一吸, 一阵, 一点点, 一口烟
vi. 轻轻地吹, 喷气, 三击不中出局, 垂钓
vt. 吹送, 喷出, 吸, 使三击不中出局
【医】 吹气, 喷气

词型变化

名词:whiffer 动词过去式:whiffed 过去分词:whiffed 现在分词:whiffing 第三人称单数:whiffs 

英语解释

名词 whiff:

  1. a short light gust of air
    同义词:puff, puff of air
  2. a lefteye flounder found in coastal waters from New England to Brazil
  3. a strikeout resulting from the batter swinging at and missing the ball for the third strike

动词 whiff:

  1. perceive by inhaling through the nose
    同义词:sniff
  2. drive or carry as if by a puff of air
  3. strike out by swinging and missing the pitch charged as the third
  4. smoke and exhale strongly
    同义词:puff
  5. utter with a puff of air

例句

  1. A whiff of ether will put you out in a few seconds.
    一剂乙醚几秒钟后就会使你失去知觉。
  2. The interview went better than I thought it would. Sometimes I thought I caught a whiff of hostility in her answers but she behaved very reasonably on the whole.
    面谈进行得比我原来想象的要好。有时我意识到她答语中有敌意,但总的看来,她举止极为得体。
  3. I caught a whiff of perfume as she swept past me.
    她从我身边走过时,我闻到一股香水味。

详细解释


whiff

n.(名词)
A slight, gentle gust of air; a waft:
一阵轻而温柔的风;一阵:
例句:
a whiff of cool air.
一阵凉风



A brief, passing odor carried in the air:
一阵气味:大气中携带的短暂、一时的气味:
例句:
a whiff of perfume.
一阵香水味

A minute trace:
略微痕迹:
例句:
.Humanity is unregenerable and hates the language of conformity, since conformity has a whiff of the inhuman about it.(Anthony Burgess)
.人性是不能改造也无发统一的,并且一致性本身带有不人道的意味.(安东尼·伯吉斯)

An inhalation, as of air or smoke:
一吸:吸入空气或烟雾:
例句:
Take a whiff of this pipe.
抽一口这烟斗

Baseball A strikeout.
【棒球】 三振出局
v.(动词)
whiffed,whiff.ing,whiffs
v.intr.(不及物动词)
To be carried in brief gusts; waft:
轻吹,轻拂;喷出:
例句:
puffs of smoke whiffing from the chimney.
一阵阵的烟从烟囱里喷出来

Sports To swing at and miss a ball or puck.
【体育运动】 未击中球
Baseball To strike out. Used of a batter.
【棒球】 三振出局:三击不中出局。用于指棒球击球手
v.tr.(及物动词)
To blow or convey in whiffs.
吹送,一阵阵喷出
To inhale through the nose; sniff:
用鼻吸;嗅:
例句:
a dog whiffing the air.
一条嗅着空气的狗

Baseball To strike out (a batter).
【棒球】 使三击不中的棒球击球员出局

来源:
Perhaps alteration of Middle English weffe [offensive smell]
可能为 中古英语 weffe的变化 [刺鼻的气味]

【引伸】
whiff.er
n.(名词)

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