snuff
snuff 英 [snʌf] 美 [snʌf]
vt. 剪烛花；掐灭；消灭；嗅出 n. 鼻烟；烛花；灯花 vi. 扑灭；断气；嗅
进行时:snuffing 过去式:snuffed 过去分词:snuffed 第三人称单数:snuffs 名词复数:snuffs
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- vt. 剪烛花；掐灭；消灭；嗅出
- n. 鼻烟；烛花；灯花
- vi. 扑灭；断气；嗅
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1. In the North, however, the manufacture of snuff and cigars remained largely the operation of whites.
然而，在美国北部，鼻烟和雪茄烟的制造主要由白人操作。
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2. I was lucky when I went to the flea market today. In the middle of all the worthless junk I found a carved jade Chinese snuff bottle and bought it for five dollars: the seller didn't know what it was.
这个人说：“我今天去跳蚤市场，运气还真不错。在那些毫无用处的破玩意儿堆里，我找到一个中国鼻烟壶，是用玉做的，上面还有雕刻。我才花了五块钱。卖东西的人根本不知道那是什么东西。”
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3. This morning all surfaces, even indoors, damp as a result of mist. A curious deposit all over my snuff-box, evidently residue of moisture acting on lacquer.
因为昨晚的大雾，整个早上都是湿湿的，甚至室内也是如此。我的漆器鼻烟盒上也笼罩着一层水汽。
- snuff (n.) "powdered tobacco to be inhaled," 1680s, from Dutch or Flemish snuf, shortened form of snuftabak "snuff tobacco," from snuffen "to sniff, snuff" (see snuff (v.2)). The practice became fashionable in England c. 1680. Slang phrase up to snuff "knowing, sharp, wide-awake, not likely to be deceived" is from 1811; the exact sense is obscure unless it refers to the "elevating" properties of snuff.
- snuff (v.1) "to cut or pinch off the burned part of a candle wick," mid-15c., from noun snoffe "burned part of a candle wick" (late 14c.), of unknown origin, perhaps related to snuff (v.2). The meaning "to die" is from 1865; that of "to kill" is from 1932; snuff-film, originally an urban legend, is from 1975.
- snuff (v.2) "draw in through the nose," 1520s, from Dutch or Flemish snuffen "to sniff, snuff," related to Dutch snuiven "to sniff," from Proto-Germanic *snuf- (source also of Middle High German snupfe, German Schnupfen "head-cold"), imitative of the sound of drawing air through the nose (see snout). Related: Snuffed; snuffing.
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