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Whiff 12368.Whiff 英 Wɪf]美 Wɪf 释义 Vt 吸;喷出n

正面 12368.whiff
英 [wɪf]美 [wɪf]

背面
释义:
vt. 吸;喷出n. 一点点;单人小划艇;琴鲆属鱼;吸气或吹气vi. 喷气;垂钓;轻吹
例句:
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。

音:微拂,微风,晚风微拂澎湖湾,海浪逐沙滩
whiff 一股气味拟声词。
whiff (n.)13c., weffe "foul scent or odor," of imitative origin. Modern form became popular late 16c. with tobacco smoking, probably influenced by whiffle "blow in gusts or puffs" (1560s). The verb in the baseball slang sense "to swing at a ball and miss" first recorded 1913."

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