| 词汇 | sniffer |
| 释义 | sniffer noun[ C ] uk /ˈsnɪf.ər/ us /ˈsnɪf.ɚ/ someone who sniffs chemicals for the feelings of pleasure it causes: 用鼻子吸毒者 a glue/paint sniffer.吸胶毒／漆毒者 Drug addiction abuser addictiveness anti-crack buzzed buzzed up clean crack house dependency druggie glue-sniffer glue-sniffing go cold turkey habit habit-forming hooked hophead junkie pothead smackhead substance use disorder Examples of sniffersniffer One of the drawbacks of sniffer dogs is that it is difficult or impossible to find out exactly which chemical species is triggering their response. If a robot could perform this task effectively it could provide a substitute for sniffer dogs. Langer12 suggests that odour is a very reliable means of detecting land mines as illustrated by the most effective mine detecting system - the sniffer dog. This demonstration is seen as a step towards the development of chemical sensing robots which can perform some of the tasks currently undertaken by sniffer dogs. We should have not hundreds but thousands of sniffer dogs at our ports and airports. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 When the glue sniffer begins to inhale, the first sensation is a kind of numbness. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It would make sniffing more secretive, it would be harder to trace the sniffers and harder to treat them. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Certainly no sniffer dogs appear to be available. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English These include: searching of staff, the use of sniffer dogs and setting up intelligence systems. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 One of the ways of detecting drugs going into prisons is increased use of sniffer dogs. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There were checks of vehicles by "sniffer" dogs trained to detect materials used in the manufacture of explosive devices. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Determined sniffers will sniff despite the law and others will consider it a challenge to be defied. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It seems that glue is regarded as safe to sniff and as causing no lasting damage to the health of the sniffer. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Thirdly, it must not cause the sniffer to vomit. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Certain criteria would need to be met by any additive to repel sniffers. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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