英:[wɪf]
美:[hwɪf, wɪf]
英:[wɪf]
美:[hwɪf, wɪf]
n.
吸气或吹气
一种比目鱼
<口>难闻的气味
小雪茄烟
vt.
吸
喷出
击球失败
vi.
喷气
垂钓
轻吹
复数:whiffs
第三人称单数:whiffs
现在分词:whiffing
过去式:whiffed
过去分词:whiffed
whiffer (n.)
noun
a quick puff or slight gust especially of air, odor, gas, smoke, or spray
an inhalation of odor, gas, or smoke
a slight puffing or whistling sound
a slight trace or indication
a whiff of scandal
strikeout
verb
intransitive verb
to move with or as if with a puff of air
to emit whiffs : puff
to inhale an odor
strike out sense 3
transitive verb
to carry or convey by or as if by a whiff : blow
to expel or puff out in a whiff : exhale
smoke sense 3
fan sense 8
whiffed three batters
13世纪, weffe “难闻的气味或气息”,源于模拟语。现代形式在16世纪后期随着吸烟流行起来,可能受到 whiffle “阵阵吹拂”(1560年代)的影响。在棒球俚语中,“挥棒却未击中球”这一动词首次记录于1913年。
Noun imitative
The first known use of whiff was in 1591
whiffletreenoun
the swinging bar that connects an animal harness to a vehicle (as a cart) or a plow called alsowhippletree
whiff1 of 2noun
a quick puff or slight gust
a whiff of air
a small quantity of odor, gas, or smoke that is breathed in
whiff2 of 2verb
to blow out or away in small amounts
to breathe in an odor
1 I detected a whiff of sarcasm in her voice.
2 There was a whiff of horse, and something far more worrisome than that.
3 The wind brought the faintest whiff of a man-smell he did not know.
4 “Mildred's just got a whiff of dogs' droppings, Your Grandness!” someone called back to her.
5 He took a huge whiff of the sweet, perfumed night air.
6 I moved upwind once I caught a whiff of him.
7 It can be subtle, a whiff of humidity in the air, a slight lifting of the sky.
8 There was a whiff of honeysuckle and rot and skunk musk.
9 A whiff of cigarette smoke struck his nostrils.
一缕香烟钻进他的鼻孔.
10 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。
11 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。
12 I caught a whiff of perfume as she passed me.
她从我身边走过时,我闻到一股香水味。
13 No glass, no blood stains on the floor, not even a whiff of leftover funk.
14 She passed it on to Nicole, who took a whiff and made a face.
15 I think I almost get a whiff of the river, then remember it’s practically dried up.
16 Dimple got a whiff from where she stood—it smelled like the word “tropical.”
17 The movement of his hair sent a whiff of foul odor in her direction.
18 As he slid past us I caught a whiff of manure.
19 Anyway, he hadn’t sniffed it, he had only whiffed it.
20 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。
1 挥棒落空
4 用鼻吸
7 一点点
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10 抽吸
12 吸一口
16 击球不中
17 一口
holus-bolus bit piece pull drink shot taste drain snack suck chew snatch tot nip nibble dram mouthful morsel chaw titbit gobbet
19 一吹
25 些许
hair littleness dash shred DAB jot smattering any exiguous poco element inch trace Ray vein pinch lick rag savor trifle vestige little red cent anything of some little modest dollop pennyworth tincture tinge a mite
32 一阵
fit round wave hail streak waft conniption rain blast bout flurry jag burst flush dart tingle twinge
33 击球失败