snuffle
verb /ˈsnʌfl/
/ˈsnʌfl/
动词形式
| present simple I / you / we / they snuffle | /ˈsnʌfl/ /ˈsnʌfl/ |
| he / she / it snuffles | /ˈsnʌflz/ /ˈsnʌflz/ |
| past simple snuffled | /ˈsnʌfld/ /ˈsnʌfld/ |
| past participle snuffled | /ˈsnʌfld/ /ˈsnʌfld/ |
| -ing form snuffling | /ˈsnʌflɪŋ/ /ˈsnʌflɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive, transitive] (+ speech) to breathe noisily because you have a cold or you are crying
（因感冒或哭泣）鼻子呼哧出声，抽鼻子 - I could hear the child snuffling in her sleep.
我听见这女孩睡着了还在抽鼻子。
- I could hear the child snuffling in her sleep.
- [intransitive] snuffle (about/around) if an animal snuffles, it breathes noisily through its nose, especially while it is smelling something
哧哧地嗅 - The dog was snuffling around in the bushes.
那只狗在灌木丛中嗅来嗅去。
- The dog was snuffling around in the bushes.
词源late 16th cent.: probably from Low German and Dutch snuffelen; compare with snuff ‘breathe in noisily’ and snivel.