单词 | whiff |
释义 | whiff[hwif]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 whiff whiff AHD: [hw¹f, w¹f] D.J. [hw!f, w!f]K.K. [hw!f, w!f]n.(名词)1. A slight, gentle gust of air; a waft:一阵轻而温柔的风;一阵:a whiff of cool air.一阵凉风2. 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:a whiff of perfume.一阵香水味3. A minute trace:略微痕迹:“Humanity is unregenerable and hates the language of conformity, since conformity has a whiff of the inhuman about it”(&b{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)4. An inhalation, as of air or smoke:一吸:吸入空气或烟雾:Take a whiff of this pipe.抽一口这烟斗5. Baseball A strikeout.【棒球】 三振出局v.(动词) whiffed,whiff.ing,whiffs v.intr.(不及物动词)1. To be carried in brief gusts; waft:轻吹,轻拂;喷出:puffs of smoke whiffing from the chimney.一阵阵的烟从烟囱里喷出来2. Sports To swing at and miss a ball or puck.【体育运动】 未击中球3. 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)1. To blow or convey in whiffs.吹送,一阵阵喷出2. To inhale through the nose; sniff:用鼻吸;嗅:a dog whiffing the air.一条嗅着空气的狗3. Baseball To strike out (a batter).【棒球】 使三击不中的棒球击球员出局语源:Perhaps alteration of Middle English weffe [offensive smell] 可能为 中古英语 weffe的变化 [刺鼻的气味] 继承用法:whiff“er n.(名词) |
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