whiff

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n. 一吹, 一吸, 一阵, 一点点, 一口烟 vi. 轻轻地吹, 喷气, 三击不中出局, 垂钓 vt. 吹送, 喷出, 吸, 使三击不中出局

发音

US /(h)wɪf/
AU
UK /(h)wɪf/

词形变化

whiffs 复数 whiffs whiffed whiffing whiffs 三单 whiffing 现在分词 whiffed 过去式 whiffed 过去分词 more whiff 比较级 most whiff 最高级

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A brief, gentle breeze; a light gust of air; a waft.

  2. 2.

    A short inhalation or exhalation of breath, especially when accompanied by smoke from a cigarette or pipe.

  3. 3.

    A short inhalation or exhalation of breath, especially when accompanied by smoke from a cigarette or pipe.

    A cigarette or small cigar.

    古体 引申义
  4. 4.

    An odour (usually unpleasant) carried briefly through the air.

  5. 5.

    A small quantity of cloud, smoke, vapour, etc.; specifically (obsolete), chiefly in take the whiff: a puff of tobacco smoke.

  6. 6.

    A flag used as a signal.

  7. 7.

    Any of a number of flatfish such as (dated) the lemon sole (Microstomus kitt) and now, especially, the megrim (Lepidorhombus whiffiagonis) and (with a descriptive word) a species of large-tooth flounder or sand flounder (family Paralichthyidae).

  8. 8.

    A slight sign of something; a burst, a glimpse, a hint.

    比喻
  9. 9.

    A slight attack or touch.

    比喻
  10. 10.

    A characteristic quality of something; a flavour, a savour, a taste.

    比喻
  11. 11.

    A sound like that of air passing through a small opening; a short or soft whistle.

    比喻
  12. 12.

    A failure to hit a ball in various sports (for example, golf); a miss.

    美国 比喻 俚语 体育
  13. 13.

    A failure to hit a ball in various sports (for example, golf); a miss.

    From the batter's perspective: a strike.

    美国 比喻 俚语 体育 游戏
  14. 14.

    An expulsion of explosive or shot.

    古体
  15. 15.

    An outrigged boat for one person propelled by oar.

    航海 交通
  16. 16.

    A sip of an alcoholic beverage.

    废旧
v.
  1. 1.

    To carry or convey (something) by, or as by, a whiff or puff of air; to blow, puff, or waft away.

    及物
  2. 2.

    To say (something) with an exhalation of breath.

    及物
  3. 3.

    To inhale or exhale (smoke from tobacco, etc.) from a cigarette, pipe, or other smoking implement; to smoke (a cigarette, pipe, etc.); to puff.

    及物
  4. 4.

    To breathe in or sniff (an odour); to smell.

    及物
  5. 5.

    To shoot (someone) with a firearm; hence, to assassinate or kill (someone).

    古体 过时 俚语 及物
  6. 6.

    Of a pitcher: to strike out (a batter); to fan.

    美国 俚语 及物 体育 游戏
  7. 7.

    To consume (an alcoholic beverage).

    废旧 及物
  8. 8.

    To move in a way that causes a light gust of air, or a whistling sound.

    不及物
  9. 9.

    To be carried, or move as if carried, by a puff of air; to waft.

    不及物
  10. 10.

    To smoke a cigarette, pipe, or other smoking implement.

    不及物
  11. 11.

    To smell; to sniff.

    不及物
  12. 12.

    To give off or have an unpleasant smell; to stink.

    不及物 俚语
  13. 13.

    Especially in baseball or golf: to completely miss hitting a ball; hence (baseball), of a batter: to strike out; to fan.

    美国 不及物 俚语 体育
  14. 14.

    To fail spectacularly.

    不及物 俚语 引申义
  15. 15.

    In fighting games, to execute a move that fails to hit the opponent.

    不及物 俚语 游戏
  16. 16.

    To catch fish by dragging a handline near the surface of the water from a moving boat.

    不及物
adj.
  1. 1.

    Having a strong or unpleasant odour.

    非正式
interj.
  1. 1.

    Used to indicate a sound like that of air passing through a small opening, that is, a short or soft whistle.

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词源

The noun is possibly: * partly a variant of Middle English wef, weffe (“bad smell, stench, stink; exhalation; vapour; tendency of something to go bad (?)”) [and other forms], possibly a variant of either: ** waf, waif, waife (“odour, scent”), possibly from waven (“to move to and fro, sway, wave; to stray, wander; to move in a weaving manner; (figuratively) to hesitate, vacillate”), from Old English wafian (“to wave”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *webʰ- (“to braid, weave”); or ** wef (“a blow, stroke”), from weven (“to travel, wander; to move to and fro, flutter, waver; to blow something away, waft; to cause something to move; to fall; to cut deeply; to sever; to give up, yield; to give deference to; to avoid; to afflict, trouble; to beckon, signal”); further etymology uncertain, perhaps from Old English wefan (“to weave”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *webʰ- (“to braid, weave”)), or from wǣfan (see bewǣfan, ymbwǣfan); and * partly onomatopoeic. Noun sense 6 (“name of a number of flatfish”) is possibly derived from sense 1 (“brief, gentle breeze; a light gust of air”), sense 4 (“small quantity of cloud, smoke, vapour, etc.”), and other such senses. The verb and adjective are derived from the noun. Verb sense 2.6 (“to catch fish by dragging a handline near the surface of the water from a moving boat”) is possibly derived from sense 1.1 (“to carry or convey (something) by, or as by, a whiff or puff of air”), sense 2.2 (“to be carried, or move as if carried, by a puff of air”), and other such senses. The interjection is derived from noun sense 7.4 (“a sound like that of air passing through a small opening; a short or soft whistle”).

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