snuffle

n. 鼻音, 鼻息, 鼻塞 vi. 抽鼻子, 嗅, 闻, 带鼻音说话 vt. 发出鼻音说, 嗅着去找

发音

其它 /ˈsnʌfəl/

词形变化

snuffles 复数 snuffles snuffled snuffles 三单 snuffling snuffling 现在分词 snuffled 过去式 snuffled 过去分词

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    An act of snuffling; sniffing loudly.

    齉

v.
  1. 1.

    To sniff or smell with the nose loudly and audibly.

    抽鼻子

    不及物
  2. 2.

    To speak through the nose; to breathe through the nose when it is obstructed, so as to make a broken sound.

    不及物

词汇关系

名词

同义词 2

sniffle snivel

上位词 3

breathing ventilation respiration
动词

同义词 5

snuff blubber sniffle snivel blub

上位词 6

smell cry weep inspire inhale breathe in

词源

Probably from Low German and Dutch snuffelen (“to snuffle”), equivalent to snuff + -le. Compare also Old English snofl (“snot, nasal mucus”), which might not have survived into Middle English.

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