snuff
snuff — 名詞
1. a fine powder made from tobacco that people sniff up their nose instead of smoki
鼻煙
磨成細粉、用鼻子吸入的菸草
a fine powder made from tobacco that people sniff up their nose instead of smoking it.
Cyrus's grandfather kept a small silver box of snuff in his coat pocket.
Cyrus 的爺爺在外套口袋裡放了一個裝鼻煙的小銀盒。
snuff as an uncountable noun: a box of snuff
In the old painting, a rich man takes a pinch of snuff.
在那幅舊畫裡，一位富人正捏起一撮鼻煙。
collocation: take a pinch of snuff
After Gabriel offered a pinch of snuff, Élise sneezed loudly twice.
Gabriel 遞出一撮鼻煙後，Élise 大聲打了兩個噴嚏。
The shop on Mill Street sells snuff in small round tins.
Mill Street 上的那家店把鼻煙裝在小圓鐵罐裡販售。
- take snuff
- a pinch of snuff
- snuffbox
用法筆記
Normally uncountable; the amount is given with a phrase such as 'a pinch of' or 'a tin of'.
常見錯誤
2. the black, burnt end of a candle's wick that is left after the flame has burned
燒焦燭芯
蠟燭燃燒後留下的焦黑燈芯
the black, burnt end of a candle's wick that is left after the flame has burned for a while.
Lien trimmed the snuff from the candle so it would burn more brightly.
Lien 剪去蠟燭上的燒焦燭芯，讓火焰燒得更亮。
trim the snuff: remove the burnt end of the wick
The candle went out, and smoke curled up from its blackened snuff.
蠟燭熄了，一縷細煙從燒焦燭芯上裊裊升起。
Asher pinched off the snuff with his fingers before relighting the candle.
Asher 先用手指捏掉燒焦燭芯，再重新點燃蠟燭。
snuff — 動詞
- snuffpresent simple I / you / we / they
- snuffshe / she / it
- snuffedpast simple
- snuffing-ing form
1. to make a candle or other small flame go out, for example by pinching it or plac
熄滅；掐熄
用手指或蓋子使小火焰熄掉
to make a candle or other small flame go out, for example by pinching it or placing a cover over it.
Before leaving the church, Takeshi snuffed each candle on the long table.
Takeshi 離開教堂前，把長桌上的每根蠟燭都熄滅了。
snuff + candle: put out a candle
Ritu snuffed the match between two fingers, then dropped it in the sink.
Ritu 用兩根手指把火柴掐熄，然後丟進水槽。
A sudden gust of wind snuffed the candle as Elena opened the door.
Elena 開門的時候，一陣強風剛好把蠟燭熄滅了。
The candles were snuffed one at a time when the ceremony ended.
儀式結束時，蠟燭被一支支熄滅了。
passive: candles were snuffed
- snuff a candle
- snuff a flame
- extinguish
covers putting out any fire, big or small, by any method
- put out
the phrasal-verb equivalent; it also works for large fires
- light
to make a candle or flame start burning
文法句型
snuff + object
用法筆記
The object is a small flame or the thing burning with it, such as a candle or a match.
2. to draw air in loudly through your nose, often to smell something.
嗅聞
出聲地用鼻子吸氣來聞
to draw air in loudly through your nose, often to smell something.
The puppy snuffed along the fence, following the smell of a rabbit.
小狗沿著圍籬嗅聞，追著兔子的氣味。
animal sniffing along a path
Christopher snuffed the air and guessed that someone was baking bread.
Christopher 嗅聞空氣，猜想有人在烤麵包。
snuff the air: transitive use
Emily snuffed at the old book, wrinkling her nose at the dusty smell.
Emily 嗅聞那本舊書，聞到灰塵味而皺起鼻子。
snuff at + noun: intransitive use
- snuff the air
- sniff
names the same act of drawing air in through the nose; it need not be loud
文法句型
snuff + object
snuff at + noun
用法筆記
Can take a direct object (snuff the air) or be followed by 'at' (snuff at a book). Distinguish from sense 1, which is about flames.
snuff out
phrasal verbto put out a flame or light completely.
熄滅
Nobody noticed when Cole snuffed out the last candle on the cake.
A strong wind snuffed out the small campfire before Asher could protect it.
snuff it
idiomto die.
死掉
The old tortoise snuffed it quietly in the garden after fifty years.
The Okafor family's ancient dog finally snuffed it last winter.
snuff — 形容詞
1. describing a film or video that shows violence, such as a real killing, in a sho
暴力獵奇
專門以血腥暴力刺激觀眾的
describing a film or video that shows violence, such as a real killing, in a shocking way to excite viewers.
The police found no proof that the video was a real snuff film.
警方找不到證據證明那支影片是真正的暴力獵奇片。
attributive adjective: snuff film
Jabari refused to watch the snuff movie his classmates were whispering about.
Jabari 不肯看同學們私下議論的那部暴力獵奇電影。
The detective said the snuff film everyone feared was only a hoax.
偵探說，大家擔心的那部暴力獵奇片只是個騙局。
- snuff film
- snuff movie
用法筆記
Used only before a noun, usually 'film' or 'movie'.
同根字
- snuffer名詞
- snuffbox名詞