whiff

英 [wɪf]

美 [wɪf]

n.  一点儿气味; 一股气味; 轻微的迹象(或感觉); 一点点; 些许; 挥空(击球未中)
v.  有臭味; 发臭; 挥空棒(击球未中)

复数：whiffs　过去式：whiffed　现在分词：whiffing　第三人称单数：whiffs　过去分词：whiffed　

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Collins.1 / BNC.14450 / COCA.12029

牛津词典

noun

• 一点儿气味；一股气味
  a smell, especially one that you only smell for a short time
  1. a whiff of cigar smoke
     一股雪茄烟味
  2. He caught a whiff of perfume as he leaned towards her.
     他探身靠近她时闻到一股香水味。
• 轻微的迹象（或感觉）；一点点；些许
  a slight sign or feeling of sth
  1. a whiff of danger
     一点点危险
• 挥空（击球未中）
  an unsuccessful attempt to hit the ball

verb

• 有臭味；发臭
  to smell bad
• 挥空棒（击球未中）
  to try without success to hit the ball

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 一阵(气味)
  If there is awhiff ofa particular smell, you smell it only slightly or only for a brief period of time, for example as you walk past someone or something.
  1. He caught a whiff of her perfume.
     他闻到了她身上的一股香水味。
• N-COUNT 轻微的征兆;迹象
  Awhiff ofsomething bad or harmful is a slight sign of it.
  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。

英英释义

noun

• a strikeout resulting from the batter swinging at and missing the ball for the third strike
• a lefteye flounder found in coastal waters from New England to Brazil
• a short light gust of air
  Synonym:puffpuff of air

verb

• utter with a puff of air
  1. whiff out a prayer
• smoke and exhale strongly
  1. puff a cigar
  2. whiff a pipe
  Synonym:puff
• strike out by swinging and missing the pitch charged as the third
• drive or carry as if by a puff of air
  1. The gust of air whiffed away the clouds
• perceive by inhaling through the nose
  1. sniff the perfume
  Synonym:sniff

双语例句

• The whiff of pigs being slaughtered hangs over those parts not covered by the aroma of coffee being processed.
  在没有被正在加工的咖啡香气所覆盖的区域，飘荡着被屠宰的猪的气息。
• When she came down, he caught a fresh whiff of a fragrance he had not smelled a moment ago and noted that she not only had changed her clothes but had also put on some makeup.
  她一下来，鸿渐先闻着刚才没闻到的香味，发现她不但换了衣服，并且脸上唇上都加了修饰。
• When your nose catches a whiff of something, one of1,000 different types of odour-receiving cells picks it up.
  鼻子中有一千种不同的气味感受细胞，当我们用鼻子吸入某些味道时，其中一种气味感受细胞就会快速识别这种味道。
• He caught a whiff of her perfume.
  他闻到了她身上的一股香水味。
• Although you wear some cologne, I can still vaguely smell a scummy whiff out of you.
  虽然你身上喷了古龙水，但我还是能隐约闻到一股人渣味儿。
• Silver took a whiff or two of his pipe with great composure, and then ran on again.
  西尔弗不动声色地吸了一两口烟后又侃了起来。
• All things are relative but I get a distinct whiff of the old feelings.
  一切情感都是相对的，但我开始感到来自昔日感情的一阵遥远清风。
• Something good must be cooking; I get a whiff of it.
  一定在做什麽好菜，我已闻到味道了。
• Huawei can make similar pledges, but the whiff of the state in its background overwhelms its words.
  华为可以做出类似的承诺，但其背景中的政府身影压倒了它的表态。
• But I was here before the other news crews even got a whiff of it.
  但我在别人闻到味儿之前就到了。