whiff

美音：[hwɪf] 英音：[wɪf]

简单释义：

n.一点儿气味；一股气味；轻微的迹象（或感觉）；一点点

v.有臭味；发臭；挥空棒（击球未中）

网络一吹；吹送；一阵香气

变形：

复数：whiffs 现在分词：whiffing 过去分词：whiffed

完整释义：

1.轻轻地吹;吹送;喷送;发出一阵(香气);抽吸
2.垂饵于水面钓鱼
3.【棒球,高尔夫】(使)击球失败

1.(风、烟等的)一吹,一喷,一冒;(香烟的)一口;一阵香气
2.挥空棒
3.一点点
4.吹气
5.轻结构艇
6.三击不中出局
7.〔英国〕泰晤士河上的一种轻艇
8.【棒球,高尔夫】击球不中[失败]
9.【商业】小雪茄烟
10.【鱼类】一种比目鱼

例句：

A whiff of ether will put you out in a few seconds.
一剂乙醚几秒钟后就会使你失去知觉。
Unpleasant whiff aside, the tours have proved popular and at least two new operators have started up in recent months.
尽管气味不佳，但事实证明这一旅程很受欢迎，至少两家新公司在最近几月开张了。
To add to their misery, each day seems to bring a new study showing how vile and dangerous even a whiff of cigarette smoke can be.
令他们的不幸雪上加霜的是，似乎每天都有一个新的研究表明，哪怕是抽一口烟都是多么令人厌恶和对自己危险。
The whiff of racism is all the more disturbing because in most other respects Australia seems rather free of xenophobia.
因从其他许多方面看来澳洲相当的不排外，种族歧视的迹象愈加让人不安。
Astronomy may be hard science, but there's always been a whiff of Disney about it too.
尽管归属硬科学，但天文学里总有一些迪斯尼般的奇幻存在。
It was Hillary Clinton, ironically, who gave the first whiff of this new reality on her first trip abroad as secretary of state in February.
具有讽刺意味的是，最早让人们感受到这种新现实的，是2月首次以国务卿身份出访的希拉里-克林顿（HillaryClinton）。
Critics of the war in Afghanistan (and perhaps even its supporters) will detect at least a whiff of jingoism in the game.
阿富汗战争的批评者（也许甚至包括支持者）将会在游戏中发现至少一点沙文主义的痕迹。
Turns out, a whiff of sweat has the ability to turn a frog into a prince.
原来，一股汗味儿就能使青蛙变王子。

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