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whiff AHD[hwĭf, wĭf] D.J.[hwɪf, wɪf]K.K.[hwɪf, wɪf]n.（名词）- A slight, gentle gust of air; a waft:一阵轻而温柔的风；一阵：a whiff of cool air.一阵凉风
- A brief, passing odor carried in the air:一阵气味：大气中携带的短暂、一时的气味：a whiff of perfume.一阵香水味
- A minute trace:略微痕迹："Humanity is unregenerable and hates the language of conformity, since conformity has a whiff of the inhuman about it"(Anthony Burgess)“人性是不能改造也无发统一的，并且一致性本身带有不人道的意味”(安东尼·伯吉斯)
- An inhalation, as of air or smoke:一吸：吸入空气或烟雾：Take a whiff of this pipe.抽一口这烟斗
- Baseball A strikeout.【棒球】 三振出局
v.（动词）whiffed, whiff.ing, whiffs v.intr.（不及物动词）- To be carried in brief gusts; waft:轻吹，轻拂；喷出：puffs of smoke whiffing from the chimney.一阵阵的烟从烟囱里喷出来
- Sports To swing at and miss a ball or puck.【体育运动】 未击中球
- Baseball To strike out. Used of a batter.【棒球】 三振出局：三击不中出局。用于指棒球击球手
v.tr.（及物动词）- To blow or convey in whiffs.吹送，一阵阵喷出
- To inhale through the nose; sniff:用鼻吸；嗅：a dog whiffing the air.一条嗅着空气的狗
- Baseball To strike out (a batter).【棒球】 使三击不中的棒球击球员出局
- Perhaps alteration of Middle English weffe [offensive smell] 可能为 中古英语 weffe的变化 [刺鼻的气味]
whiffʹer n.（名词） |