whiff
- IPA[wɪf]
英式
- a smell that is only smelt briefly or faintly；an unpleasant smell.
- get a brief or faint smell of；give off an unpleasant smell
verb: whiff, 3rd person present: whiffs, gerund or present participle: whiffing, past tense: whiffed, past participle: whiffed
noun: whiff, plural noun: whiffs
- 釋義
- 相關詞
名詞
- 1. a smell that is only smelt briefly or faintly I caught a whiff of eau de cologne 同義詞
- ▪ British informal an unpleasant smell. 同義詞
- ▪ an act of sniffing or inhaling I found my inhaler and took a deep whiff
- ▪ a trace or hint of something bad, menacing, or exciting there had been a whiff of financial scandal in the past 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 whiffed the broth that was simmering on the stove
- ▪ British informal give off an unpleasant smell she whiffed of nicotine
- 2. North American informal (chiefly in baseball or golf) try unsuccessfully to hit the ball.
- not straight; askew: his wig was skew-whiff he automatically attempted to move his bat at its customary skew-whiff angle
Oxford American Dictionary
- not straight; askew: his wig was skew-whiff he automatically attempted to move his bat at its customary skew-whiff angle
Oxford Dictionary
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- IPA[(h)wif]
美式
- a smell that is only smelled briefly or faintly: I caught a whiff of peachy perfume
- get a brief or faint smell of: he screwed up his nose as if he'd whiffed Limburger
Oxford American Dictionary
- IPA[wɪf]
英式
- another term for megrim
Oxford Dictionary
- IPA[(h)wif]
美式
- another term for megrim
Oxford American Dictionary
