| 词汇 | whiff |
| 释义 | whiff noun[ Cusually singular ] uk /wɪf/ us /wɪf/ a slight smell, carried on a current of air: 一阵气味，一股味道 catch/get a whiff ofHe leaned towards me and I caught/got a whiff of garlic.他向我靠过来，我闻到一股大蒜的味道。 whiff ofDuring the first few months of pregnancy the slightest whiff of food cooking made my stomach turn.怀孕的最初几个月，闻到一点点做饭的味道就会让我反胃。 a smell smellWhat's that terrible smell? aromaThe delicious aroma of fresh bread wafted out of the bakery. fragranceI adore the delicate fragrance of roses. perfumeThe perfume of the flowers filled the room. scentShe smelled the sweet scent of the lilies. odourUKThere was the unmistakable odour of sweaty feet. a whiff of something a slight sign of something: 一点点，些许 They regularly hold elections without a whiff of corruption or violence.他们定期举行选举，其中毫无腐败或暴力的成分。 Smells & smelling acridly anosmic bergamot deodorize deodorizing fragrant fullness fusty malodorous minging niff olfactory nerve orangey petrichor piny pungency scented smelly sniff stink whiff verb uk /wɪf/ us /wɪf/ whiffverb (SMELL)[ I ] to have an unpleasant smell : The whole house is beginning to whiff a bit. The room whiffed of gas. Smells & smelling acridly anosmic bergamot deodorize deodorizing fragrant fullness fusty malodorous minging niff olfactory nerve orangey petrichor piny pungency scented smelly sniff stink whiffverb (IN SPORT)[ I ]USslang to try to hit a ball, puck, or person and miss completely : He took a wild swing and whiffed badly. [ T ]USslang In baseball, if a pitcher whiffs a batter, they cause them to strike out(= to lose their turn because they have failed three times to hit the ball successfully): Jordan whiffed Sims with a high fastball. He whiffed eight batters in six innings. General terms used in ball sports aggregate score assist attacking back pass backhanded bend dump indirect free kick interception kicker launch angle lay someone off loft pitch square ball stiff-arm stroke swat takeaway tap in You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Baseball & rounders whiffverb (FAIL)[ T or I ]USslang to fail to do something you have tried to do: He'd whiffed the SATs the first time he took them. I tried to make the tackle but I completely whiffed. Failing and doing badly abjectly at-risk backbencher balls (something) up be on your beam endsidiom blow (someone/something) up bomb egg flog flog a dead horseidiom flop flub flunk out founder mess running on emptyidiom sclerotic screw screw (something) up the rot sets inidiom whiff | American Dictionarywhiff noun[ C ] us/hwɪf, wɪf/ a smell that you notice briefly: I got a whiff of perfume as she walked by. fig. A whiff of scandal was in the air. Examples of whiffwhiff Opossum shrimps play an important part in the estuarine food chain and are consumed in large quantities by such fish as the striped bass, inland silverside, whiffs and flounders. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The smoke spread very gradually as far as the crater of the volcano, while there were many whiffs issuing from points in the direction of another headland. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The report has a whiff of exquisite patronage. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am sorry that late at night he should have caught a whiff from some very bad quarter and given voice to such monstrous sentiments. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is not a whiff of how they will operate. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The biggest threat of all would be a whiff of a stage 2 with substance. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The whiff of patronage cannot be entirely eradicated from a board that owes its appointment to favour. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They will be blamed, and heavily blamed, for giving us a whiff of petty dictatorship. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Let us remember that any woman who has a whiff of gas at any stage in the proceedings is counted as having analgesia in childbirth. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We have an atmosphere reeking of deceit—the unmistakable whiff of under-arm aspirations. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I think that there is more than a whiff of political correctness about those figures. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Certainly the steel industry is breaking all records, but could not that reasonably be attributed to the whiff of freedom in the air? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 All we got was the whiff of incompetence and local corruption. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Certainly in my university there has not been the whiff of a"demo"or a sit-in about this issue. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The railway engineering industry began to suffer as soon as the whiff of privatisation was in the air. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of whiff These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. 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