whiff
- IPA[(h)wif]
美式
- a smell that is only smelled briefly or faintly；an act of sniffing or inhaling, typically so as to determine or savor a scent
- get a brief or faint smell of；(chiefly in baseball or golf) try unsuccessfully to hit the ball.
verb: whiff, 3rd person present: whiffs, gerund or present participle: whiffing, past tense: whiffed, past participle: whiffed
noun: whiff, plural noun: whiffs
- 釋義
名詞
- 1. a smell that is only smelled briefly or faintly I caught a whiff of peachy perfume 同義詞
- ▪ an act of sniffing or inhaling, typically so as to determine or savor a scent one whiff of clothing and Fido was off
- ▪ a trace or hint of something bad, menacing, or exciting here was a man with a whiff of danger about him 同義詞
- 2. a puff or breath of air or smoke whiffs of smoke emerged from the boiler 同義詞
- 3. North American informal (chiefly in baseball or golf) an unsuccessful attempt to hit the ball.
動詞
- 1. get a brief or faint smell of he screwed up his nose as if he'd whiffed Limburger
- 2. North American informal (chiefly in baseball or golf) try unsuccessfully to hit the ball.
