whiff

[wif]

n.一吹,一阵香气, 香烟的一口
v.轻轻地吹,吹送,使被三阵出局

例句与用法：

A whiff of ether will put you out in a few seconds.

一剂乙醚几秒钟后就会使你失去知觉。

The interview went better than I thought it would. Sometimes I thought I caught a whiff of hostility in her answers but she behaved very reasonably on the whole.

面谈进行得比我原来想象的要好。有时我意识到她答语中有敌意，但总的看来，她举止极为得体。

I caught a whiff of perfume as she swept past me.

她从我身边走过时，我闻到一股香水味。

词形变化：

名词: whiffer | 动词过去式: whiffed | 动词过去分词: whiffed | 动词现在分词: whiffing | 动词第三人称单数: whiffs |

详细释义：

n.[S1][(+of)]

1. (空气、香烟等的)一吸; (风、烟等的)一阵, 一吹, 一喷

a whiff of fresh air

一股新鲜空气

2. 一阵(微弱的)气味

Something good must be cooking; I got a whiff of it.

一定在做什么好菜, 我已闻到味道了。

3. 一点点

There is a whiff of sarcasm in it.

这里面带有一点点讥讽的味道。

vi.

轻吹, 轻拂

vt.

1. 轻轻地吹送(或吹起)

2. 轻轻地吸入(或喷出)