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sniff out

英 [snɪf aʊt]

美 [snɪf aʊt]

发现; 找到; (狗)嗅找(炸药、毒品等)

柯林斯词典

  • PHRASAL VERB 发现;找到
    If yousniff outsomething, you discover it after some searching.
    1. ...journalists who are trained to sniff out sensation or scandal.
      训练有素、能够敏锐地嗅出爆炸性新闻或丑闻的记者
    2. ...those who like sniffing out bargains.
      喜欢淘便宜货的人
  • PHRASAL VERB (狗)嗅找(炸药、毒品等)
    When a dog used by a group such as the policesniffs outhidden explosives or drugs, it finds them using its sense of smell.
    1. A police dog, trained to sniff out explosives, found evidence of a bomb in the apartment.
      一只训练有素、专门嗅找炸药的警犬在公寓里发现了炸弹的痕迹。

英英释义

verb

双语例句

  • MOSCOW ( Reuters)-Russian police battling fish smugglers have deployed a cat to sniff out contraband, including Caspian Sea sturgeon, the fish that produce Russia's world-famous caviar.
    莫斯科(路透社)目前,正与鱼走私者进行斗争的俄罗斯警方配备了一只猫,来嗅出违禁品,其中包括里海鲟鱼,这种鱼可用来制造驰名世界的俄罗斯鱼子酱。
  • A police dog, trained to sniff out explosives, found evidence of a bomb in the apartment.
    一只训练有素、专门嗅找炸药的警犬在公寓里发现了炸弹的痕迹。
  • I can lie low there, maybe sniff out a job when things quiet down.
    我可以在那儿暂避风头,事情平息后找个工作。
  • Humans move much slower than computers, and are more likely to sniff out irregularities before they metastasize to unmanageable levels.
    人类的速度比电脑慢很多,更有可能在不正常现象升级至难以掌控之前发现苗头。
  • It's his job to sniff out abuses of power.
    他的职责就是查究滥用权力的行为。
  • That means those specially trained customs dogs can sniff out a professional blackjack player faster than they can spot a drug courier.
    就是说啊,这些杂种豢养的狗能比认毒贩子更快的认出21点职业赌家。
  • The police used dogs to sniff out the criminals in their hiding-place.
    警察使用警犬查出了罪犯的藏身地点。
  • B: I bet my broker could sniff out some good ones for you.
    我相信我的股票经纪人会帮你找出一些好股票。
  • My heart is like a rabbit-like, so uneasy, feeling from the taste of coffee where you can sniff out an ambiguous atmosphere.
    我的内心像小兔似的,如此忐忑不安,总觉得从咖啡的味道里可以嗅出暧昧的气息。
  • Kai Wang and her friends like to sniff out the latest regional Chinese restaurants: a tiny cafe in east London specialising in food from China's north-east, or one near London Bridge serving numbing and hot crayfish.
    王凯(音译)和她的朋友们乐于发觉最新的中国地方菜餐馆:一家位于伦敦东部专营中国西北菜的小餐馆,或是一家位于伦敦桥旁的餐馆提供「麻辣小龙虾」。