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verb snʌfsnəf [with object]1Extinguish (a candle or flame) 熄灭，掐灭（蜡烛） a breeze snuffed out the candle 一阵风吹灭了蜡烛。 Example sentencesExamples - Another of the king's sniveling nobles had noticed, however, that she slipped out of his house long after candles had been snuffed and fires extinguished.
- The flames were snuffed immediately as she lost concentration.
- She closed the tinderbox, snuffing the flames, then settled back down where she was lying before.
- And each time, they re-light the fuse right where they snuffed it out the last time.
- Quickly I snuffed my cigarette and put it in my pocket.
- Even when fire has been snuffed out, he reminds us, its presence lingers.
- Then he swears some more, and snuffs a cigarette in the aisle.
- Sure, the candle was snuffed out at one moment, but that could have been the wind.
- My candle was snuffed out and I knew it would never relight again.
- But he snuffed it sternly and rose, and the touch of color in his cheeks could easily have been put down to the cold wind outside the chapter house.
- Finally, as if being snuffed out like a candle, the sun was gone.
- ‘Point well taken,’ Sage remarked, snuffing out his cigarette in the grass and turning around.
- I noticed Heinrich, the only boy of them without a helmet, shoveling dirt onto the fire to snuff it out.
- The candles had been snuffed out since I'd last been awake and the door was shut.
- Edgar then took the extinguisher nozzle and proceeded to discharge Halon into the aircraft fire door, snuffing out the burning fuel inside the engine bay of the vulnerable fighter.
- Mysteriously snuffed out candles, weird sensations and shivers down the spine may not be due to the presence of ghosts in haunted houses but to very low frequency sound that is inaudible to humans.
- "Well, I better go," I said, snuffing the cigarette in the grass.
- Unrelenting and pitiless in their quest for fun, they snuff out their torches and shout louder while walking upon the poor squire.
- She dropped the remains of her cigarette on the ground and snuffed it out with the toe of her boot.
- All the candles were snuffed out immediately and a strong smell of brimstone and myrrh filled the room.
Synonyms extinguish, put out, douse, smother, choke, stamp out, blow out, quench, stub out, turn out, dampen, damp down - 1.1 Trim the charred wick from (a candle).
〈旧〉剪烛花 - 1.2informal Kill or put an end to in an abrupt or sudden manner.
his life was snuffed out by a sniper's bullet 他被狙击手的一颗子弹无情地夺去了生命。 Example sentencesExamples - It woke me up to what's happening, and how easily lives can be snuffed out.
- But all of that stands to be snuffed out, they say there, if this security situation is not brought under control rapidly, and if the reconstruction is not sped up markedly and very soon.
- Try to imagine the absolute certainty of knowing that in a few hours your life will be deliberately snuffed out, as punishment for something you didn't do.
- The Bunsen burners that inspired thousands of young Scots to become scientists are in danger of being snuffed out.
- We are not passing judgment on the guardians of the children whose young lives have been snuffed out in such tragic circumstances but seek merely to remind all parents and guardians in our land to leave nothing to chance in their duties.
- Pakistan's hopes were snuffed out well before lunch after he struck in the very first ball of the day.
- It was a sad tale of separation and sorrow, with the period of happiness being all too brief, though the love in the hearts of the romantic couple, refused to be snuffed out by deceit and conspiracy.
- I wonder how many lives will have be snuffed out before both peoples come to the conclusion that peaceful co-existence can be the only answer, if future generations have to live to tell the tale.
- And when he broke off the engagement, it felt as though life had been snuffed out.
- A new business was dangerously close to being snuffed out for ever.
- If racism is to be snuffed out altogether then a much greater priority must be the eradication of poverty, its real fuel.
- In a species as hungry for social interaction as ours, a trait that causes some individuals to shrink from the group ought to have been snuffed out pretty early on.
- But solid Warriors defence snuffs out the early threat.
- He came back on the offensive but still the York side tackled hard to snuff out scoring chances.
- Sluggish growth in Europe and Japan would also be snuffed out and the oversupply of low value-added exports from China and emerging Asia would grind to a halt as rates rose sharply.
- Her life had been snuffed out before it had really begun.
- Billy Jo's family is literally smothered by the ubiquitous dust; her community is being snuffed out by its grip.
- While electric cars are being snuffed out, automakers are trotting out hybrid vehicles as the answer for fuel-economy-conscious consumers.
- They saw, in him, an enemy, who, if he was not snuffed out, would overwhelm them sooner or later.
- Although I have no explanation, I felt it would be an okay thing to die right then, nothing to be scared of, whereas before the thought of being snuffed out before my time has always made me feel sad about not having had kids.
- 1.3snuff itBritish informal no object Die.
the old girl's snuffed it Example sentencesExamples - All these ideas are unfortunately ultimately dependent on whoever is around me when I snuff it, however.
- Even if your name is Lazarus, you're going to snuff it one day - and dying is the one certain event for which you can plan ahead!
- The family is in line for money left by Mother but not before the old boy upstairs snuffs it.
- Another piece features Rooney's grandfather, who says he is so happy to see his son starring for England that ‘I wouldn't care if I snuffed it after this.’
- I have always joked that I would love to do the same and snuff it on the mat.
- Conditions were so bad that even the invading mice had snuffed it… four of them were found dead under one of her long-lost armchairs.
- There were a lot of conversations about auntie or granny snuffing it so the kids could divvy up the profits from a sale.
- They'll buy a house, turn it into their own personal nursing home and when the last of them snuffs it, the nurses get the house.
- Even after snuffing it, foreigners continue to be financially desirable.
- Tony was always getting stuff bought for him, just because his dad snuffed it on his motorbike.
- If I were to snuff it now, not a soul would be the wiser for it.
- There was clearly something at stake because several key, engaging characters snuffed it.
- Well, she and Theo were like two peas in a pod until Theo's father snuffed it.
- It simply happened, and it's a shame that he had to snuff it, but we all do in the end I suppose.
- And, in keeping with the rites of spring, thousands of Humboldt squid are snuffing it on Newport Beach.
- Even if you didn't snuff it in a couple of weeks, your liver certainly wouldn't be fine thirty years down the road.
- If she snuffs it, will normal television programmes be suspended and will there be a national Three Minute Silence?
- Our original drummer jumped in front of a truck and snuffed it.
- He can't hold a bedside vigil until the boy either wakes up of snuffs it!
- China is the only place on earth where women are snuffing it at a higher rate than men.
noun snʌfsnəf The charred part of a candle wick. 烛花
OriginLate Middle English: of unknown origin. snout from Old English: Think how many words to do with noses begin with the letters sn-. Most are medieval. There is snout, which in early use could describe not only the projecting part of an animal's face but also an elephant's trunk, and a bird's beak. A variant of snout was snoot (mid 19th century), which is where snooty (early 20th century) comes from—snooty people have their noses stuck in the air. Snot (Late Middle English) and snotty (late 16th century) are also based on snout. Snuff (early 16th century) used to mean ‘to inhale through the nostrils’ before it became a term for powdered tobacco that you inhale through your nostrils. Snuffle (late 16th century) is related. Snivel (Middle English) originally referred to mucus. Snore (Middle English) and snort (Late Middle English) once had each other's meanings—snore meant ‘a snort’ and snort meant ‘to snore’, and both probably imitated the sound.
Rhymesbluff, buff, chough, chuff, cuff, duff, enough, fluff, gruff, guff, huff, luff, puff, rough, ruff, scruff, scuff, slough, stuff, Tough, tuff noun snʌfsnəf mass nounPowdered tobacco that is sniffed up the nostril rather than smoked. 鼻烟 一撮鼻烟。 Example sentencesExamples - Eating out every other day or habits like chewing betel leaves, tobacco, taking snuff, smoking, and drinking take their toll on one's health and voice.
- Russians used to be sent to Siberia for taking snuff.
- All forms of tobacco have been implicated as causative agents, including cigarette, cigar and pipe tobacco as well as chewing tobacco and snuff.
- After a committee advised the government to ban oral snuff, the government acted in accordance with the recommendation.
- I would take my brown bag lunch down to Fish Creek behind the football field where I had smoked pot and done snuff back in my middle school.
- Switching from cigarettes to a pipe or cigars, or using snuff or oral tobacco (chewing tobacco), does not reduce the risk.
- I do not drink or smoke but take snuff occasionally.
- The history of chewing and smoking tobacco, and of taking snuff, is of great antiquity.
- Tobacco taken in the form of snuff contains mutagens that can cause nose tumors.
- He had smoked since 1970 and had used oral snuff since 1980.
- If pub owners really knew what they were at, they'd start selling snuff or some other kind of smokeless tobacco.
- A pinch of snuff may be placed between the cheek and the gum or inhaled into the nostrils.
- With a single movement he sniffed up snuff from the back of his hand.
- A pinch of snuff, inhaled through the nose, used to be a common way of using tobacco.
- Get rid of all your chewing tobacco or snuff before your quit date.
- On one occasion, he was walking inland up Deeside to fulfil an engagement, and stopped to take a pinch of snuff.
- Tobacco and snuff were convenient and acceptable items, and more luxurious fare was provided when possible.
- Occurrences of the disease have been reported, but uncommonly, in persons who use smokeless tobacco or snuff.
- Although bubble gum and candy are also packaged to resemble snuff, chewing tobacco, pipes, and cigars, we do not know if similar evidence exists for such products or in other countries.
verb snʌfsnəf [with object]1Inhale or sniff at (something). 吸入；嗅（某物） - 1.1archaic no object Sniff up powdered tobacco.
〈古〉吸鼻烟 they smoked and snuffed a great deal
Phrases1informal Up to the required standard. 合乎标准，达标 they need a million dollars to get their facilities up to snuff 他们需要100万美元才能使设备合乎标准。 Example sentencesExamples - Besides, the competition in the AFC East isn't up to snuff.
- Women's non-revenue producing programs tend to be saved as the number of women athletes competing brings the school involved up to snuff in the eyes of the law.
- He predicts it will have its intended effect simply because teams will be put at a competitive disadvantage if they aren't up to snuff.
- Coverage has been adequate, but the return game isn't up to snuff.
- So what we need to do is make sure that our health care system is up to snuff, so that if we do have that situation or any other kind of major infectious problem, we'll be able to handle it.
- Okay, so maybe my time skills aren't all up to snuff.
- There are the occasional stories that on second/third/fourth look didn't hold up and I've very occasionally bought a story that I didn't think was up to snuff that I was pressured to buy for one reason or another.
- Our columnists are required to be up to snuff on everything and muster up opinions on a wide range of topics.
- Okay, so you're not up to snuff on the humble geoduck.
- More attention to detail - making sure his physique was evenly balanced and that weak points were brought up to snuff - was required.
Synonyms adequate, competent, acceptable, satisfactory, reasonable, fair, decent, good enough, sufficiently good, not bad, all right, average, tolerable, passable, moderate, middling - 1.1In good health.
身体状况良好的 he hadn't felt up to snuff all summer 他整个夏天身体都不太舒服。
2informal Not easily deceived; knowing. 〈英，古〉不易受骗的；精明的 an up-to-snuff old vagabond 一个精明的老流浪汉。
OriginLate Middle English (as a verb): from Middle Dutch snuffen 'to snuffle'. The noun dates from the late 17th century and is probably an abbreviation of Dutch snuftabak. verbsnəfsnəf [with object]1Extinguish (a candle) 熄灭，掐灭（蜡烛） a breeze snuffed out the candle 一阵风吹灭了蜡烛。 Example sentencesExamples - My candle was snuffed out and I knew it would never relight again.
- I noticed Heinrich, the only boy of them without a helmet, shoveling dirt onto the fire to snuff it out.
- Sure, the candle was snuffed out at one moment, but that could have been the wind.
- Even when fire has been snuffed out, he reminds us, its presence lingers.
- Quickly I snuffed my cigarette and put it in my pocket.
- ‘Point well taken,’ Sage remarked, snuffing out his cigarette in the grass and turning around.
- The flames were snuffed immediately as she lost concentration.
- And each time, they re-light the fuse right where they snuffed it out the last time.
- The candles had been snuffed out since I'd last been awake and the door was shut.
- Unrelenting and pitiless in their quest for fun, they snuff out their torches and shout louder while walking upon the poor squire.
- "Well, I better go," I said, snuffing the cigarette in the grass.
- She dropped the remains of her cigarette on the ground and snuffed it out with the toe of her boot.
- Mysteriously snuffed out candles, weird sensations and shivers down the spine may not be due to the presence of ghosts in haunted houses but to very low frequency sound that is inaudible to humans.
- Another of the king's sniveling nobles had noticed, however, that she slipped out of his house long after candles had been snuffed and fires extinguished.
- Edgar then took the extinguisher nozzle and proceeded to discharge Halon into the aircraft fire door, snuffing out the burning fuel inside the engine bay of the vulnerable fighter.
- All the candles were snuffed out immediately and a strong smell of brimstone and myrrh filled the room.
- But he snuffed it sternly and rose, and the touch of color in his cheeks could easily have been put down to the cold wind outside the chapter house.
- She closed the tinderbox, snuffing the flames, then settled back down where she was lying before.
- Then he swears some more, and snuffs a cigarette in the aisle.
- Finally, as if being snuffed out like a candle, the sun was gone.
Synonyms extinguish, put out, douse, smother, choke, stamp out, blow out, quench, stub out, turn out, dampen, damp down - 1.1 Trim the charred wick from (a candle).
〈旧〉剪烛花 - 1.2informal Kill or put an end to in an abrupt or sudden manner.
his life was snuffed out by a sniper's bullet 他被狙击手的一颗子弹无情地夺去了生命。 Example sentencesExamples - If racism is to be snuffed out altogether then a much greater priority must be the eradication of poverty, its real fuel.
- In a species as hungry for social interaction as ours, a trait that causes some individuals to shrink from the group ought to have been snuffed out pretty early on.
- They saw, in him, an enemy, who, if he was not snuffed out, would overwhelm them sooner or later.
- It was a sad tale of separation and sorrow, with the period of happiness being all too brief, though the love in the hearts of the romantic couple, refused to be snuffed out by deceit and conspiracy.
- We are not passing judgment on the guardians of the children whose young lives have been snuffed out in such tragic circumstances but seek merely to remind all parents and guardians in our land to leave nothing to chance in their duties.
- And when he broke off the engagement, it felt as though life had been snuffed out.
- The Bunsen burners that inspired thousands of young Scots to become scientists are in danger of being snuffed out.
- Although I have no explanation, I felt it would be an okay thing to die right then, nothing to be scared of, whereas before the thought of being snuffed out before my time has always made me feel sad about not having had kids.
- But all of that stands to be snuffed out, they say there, if this security situation is not brought under control rapidly, and if the reconstruction is not sped up markedly and very soon.
- A new business was dangerously close to being snuffed out for ever.
- It woke me up to what's happening, and how easily lives can be snuffed out.
- Sluggish growth in Europe and Japan would also be snuffed out and the oversupply of low value-added exports from China and emerging Asia would grind to a halt as rates rose sharply.
- While electric cars are being snuffed out, automakers are trotting out hybrid vehicles as the answer for fuel-economy-conscious consumers.
- Pakistan's hopes were snuffed out well before lunch after he struck in the very first ball of the day.
- Her life had been snuffed out before it had really begun.
- But solid Warriors defence snuffs out the early threat.
- He came back on the offensive but still the York side tackled hard to snuff out scoring chances.
- Try to imagine the absolute certainty of knowing that in a few hours your life will be deliberately snuffed out, as punishment for something you didn't do.
- Billy Jo's family is literally smothered by the ubiquitous dust; her community is being snuffed out by its grip.
- I wonder how many lives will have be snuffed out before both peoples come to the conclusion that peaceful co-existence can be the only answer, if future generations have to live to tell the tale.
- 1.3snuff itBritish informal Die.
Example sentencesExamples - And, in keeping with the rites of spring, thousands of Humboldt squid are snuffing it on Newport Beach.
- Conditions were so bad that even the invading mice had snuffed it… four of them were found dead under one of her long-lost armchairs.
- Even if your name is Lazarus, you're going to snuff it one day - and dying is the one certain event for which you can plan ahead!
- They'll buy a house, turn it into their own personal nursing home and when the last of them snuffs it, the nurses get the house.
- Another piece features Rooney's grandfather, who says he is so happy to see his son starring for England that ‘I wouldn't care if I snuffed it after this.’
- I have always joked that I would love to do the same and snuff it on the mat.
- Even after snuffing it, foreigners continue to be financially desirable.
- The family is in line for money left by Mother but not before the old boy upstairs snuffs it.
- There was clearly something at stake because several key, engaging characters snuffed it.
- There were a lot of conversations about auntie or granny snuffing it so the kids could divvy up the profits from a sale.
- All these ideas are unfortunately ultimately dependent on whoever is around me when I snuff it, however.
- Tony was always getting stuff bought for him, just because his dad snuffed it on his motorbike.
- If I were to snuff it now, not a soul would be the wiser for it.
- It simply happened, and it's a shame that he had to snuff it, but we all do in the end I suppose.
- If she snuffs it, will normal television programmes be suspended and will there be a national Three Minute Silence?
- China is the only place on earth where women are snuffing it at a higher rate than men.
- Even if you didn't snuff it in a couple of weeks, your liver certainly wouldn't be fine thirty years down the road.
- He can't hold a bedside vigil until the boy either wakes up of snuffs it!
- Our original drummer jumped in front of a truck and snuffed it.
- Well, she and Theo were like two peas in a pod until Theo's father snuffed it.
nounsnəfsnəf The charred part of a candle wick. 烛花
OriginLate Middle English: of unknown origin. nounsnəfsnəf Powdered tobacco that is sniffed up the nostril rather than smoked. 鼻烟 一撮鼻烟。 Example sentencesExamples - With a single movement he sniffed up snuff from the back of his hand.
- After a committee advised the government to ban oral snuff, the government acted in accordance with the recommendation.
- On one occasion, he was walking inland up Deeside to fulfil an engagement, and stopped to take a pinch of snuff.
- He had smoked since 1970 and had used oral snuff since 1980.
- All forms of tobacco have been implicated as causative agents, including cigarette, cigar and pipe tobacco as well as chewing tobacco and snuff.
- I would take my brown bag lunch down to Fish Creek behind the football field where I had smoked pot and done snuff back in my middle school.
- Eating out every other day or habits like chewing betel leaves, tobacco, taking snuff, smoking, and drinking take their toll on one's health and voice.
- Switching from cigarettes to a pipe or cigars, or using snuff or oral tobacco (chewing tobacco), does not reduce the risk.
- A pinch of snuff may be placed between the cheek and the gum or inhaled into the nostrils.
- Get rid of all your chewing tobacco or snuff before your quit date.
- Russians used to be sent to Siberia for taking snuff.
- I do not drink or smoke but take snuff occasionally.
- A pinch of snuff, inhaled through the nose, used to be a common way of using tobacco.
- Tobacco and snuff were convenient and acceptable items, and more luxurious fare was provided when possible.
- Although bubble gum and candy are also packaged to resemble snuff, chewing tobacco, pipes, and cigars, we do not know if similar evidence exists for such products or in other countries.
- The history of chewing and smoking tobacco, and of taking snuff, is of great antiquity.
- Occurrences of the disease have been reported, but uncommonly, in persons who use smokeless tobacco or snuff.
- Tobacco taken in the form of snuff contains mutagens that can cause nose tumors.
- If pub owners really knew what they were at, they'd start selling snuff or some other kind of smokeless tobacco.
verbsnəfsnəf [with object]1Inhale or sniff at (something) 吸入；嗅（某物） they stood snuffing up the keen cold air 他们站在那儿呼吸凛冽的冷空气。 - 1.1archaic no object Sniff up powdered tobacco.
〈古〉吸鼻烟
Phrases1informal Meeting the required standard. 合乎标准，达标 they need a million dollars to get their facilities up to snuff 他们需要100万美元才能使设备合乎标准。 Example sentencesExamples - There are the occasional stories that on second/third/fourth look didn't hold up and I've very occasionally bought a story that I didn't think was up to snuff that I was pressured to buy for one reason or another.
- So what we need to do is make sure that our health care system is up to snuff, so that if we do have that situation or any other kind of major infectious problem, we'll be able to handle it.
- Coverage has been adequate, but the return game isn't up to snuff.
- He predicts it will have its intended effect simply because teams will be put at a competitive disadvantage if they aren't up to snuff.
- Our columnists are required to be up to snuff on everything and muster up opinions on a wide range of topics.
- Okay, so you're not up to snuff on the humble geoduck.
- Besides, the competition in the AFC East isn't up to snuff.
- Okay, so maybe my time skills aren't all up to snuff.
- More attention to detail - making sure his physique was evenly balanced and that weak points were brought up to snuff - was required.
- Women's non-revenue producing programs tend to be saved as the number of women athletes competing brings the school involved up to snuff in the eyes of the law.
Synonyms adequate, competent, acceptable, satisfactory, reasonable, fair, decent, good enough, sufficiently good, not bad, all right, average, tolerable, passable, moderate, middling - 1.1In good health.
身体状况良好的 he hadn't felt up to snuff all summer 他整个夏天身体都不太舒服。
2informal Not easily deceived; knowing. 〈英，古〉不易受骗的；精明的 an up-to-snuff old vagabond 一个精明的老流浪汉。
OriginLate Middle English (as a verb): from Middle Dutch snuffen ‘to snuffle’. The noun dates from the late 17th century and is probably an abbreviation of Dutch snuftabak. |