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Whiff N Count 英[Wɪf 美[Hwɪf Wɪf N.吸气或吹气;一种比目鱼;<口>难闻的气味;小雪茄烟;Vt.吸;喷出;击球失败;Vi.喷气;垂钓;轻吹 一阵(气味 Smell

单词 whiff
音标
英[wɪf] 美[hwɪf, wɪf]
解释
n.吸气或吹气;一种比目鱼;<口>难闻的气味;小雪茄烟;vt.吸;喷出;击球失败;vi.喷气;垂钓;轻吹;
例句

N-COUNT
一阵(气味)
If there is a whiff of a particular smell, you smell it only slightly or only for a brief period of time, for example as you walk past someone or something.
例: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
A whiff of something bad or harmful is a slight sign of it.
例: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。
例: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。
变形
third:whiffs~done:whiffed~pl:whiffs~ing:whiffing~past:whiffed~

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