snuff是什么意思_snuff怎么读_中英文释义(含例句用法)

snuff: snuff: English has three words snuff, all probably going back ultimately to a prehistoric Germanic base *snuf-, imitative of the sound of drawing air noisily in through the nose. Snuff ‘powdered tobacco for inhaling’ [17] was borrowed from Dutch snuf. This was probably short for snuftabak, etymologically ‘sniff-tobacco’, which in turn was derived from Middle Dutch snuffen ‘sniff, snuffle’, source of English snuff ‘sniff’ [16].

That base *snuf- also produced English snuffle [16], probably borrowed from Low German or Dutch snuffelen, and snivel [14], which may go back to an unrecorded Old English *snyflan; and sniff [14], if not directly related, was certainly similarly inspired by the sound of sniffing. Snuff ‘put out a candle’ was derived in the 15th century from the noun snuff ‘burnt candlewick’ [14].

The origins of this are not known, but the fact that the now obsolete verb snot was once used for ‘put out a candle’ as well as ‘blow one’s nose’ suggests that this snuff too may ultimately have connections with the inner workings of the nose (possibly a perceived resemblance between an extinguished candlewick and a piece of nasal mucus), and with the base *snuf-. Snuff it ‘die’ is first recorded in the late 19th century.
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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- (cognates: Middle High German snupfe, German Schnupfen "head-cold"), imitative of the sound of drawing air through the nose (see snout). Related: Snuffed; snuffing.
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.

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词态变化

复数 snuffs;
第三人称单数 snuffs;
过去式 snuffed;
过去分词 snuffed;
现在分词 snuffing;

权威造句

1. The recent rebound in mortgage rates could snuff out the housing recovery.: 抵押贷款利率最近的回升可能会扼杀房地产的复苏。

2. He thought he was about to snuff it.: 他觉得自己快要咽气了。

3. You"ve got the power. You can do anything you want. You can snuff him out or not.: 你已经大权在握，可以为所欲为了。你可以灭了他，也可以不这么做。

4. The art of decorating snuff bottles from the inside originated in Beijing.: 内画壶是鼻烟壶的一种.内画技艺起源于北京.

5. Greedy heirs waited for the old man to snuff out.: 贪心的继承人等待着老头断气.

近反义词

snuff it 死

up to snuff 正常的(精明的)...

snuff out 掐灭

snuff film 凶杀影片

snuff stick 鼻烟勺

take it in snuff 动怒(生气

go off like a candle in a snuff 突然死掉

go off like the snuff of a candle 突然死掉

give someone snuff 严厉地对待某人,惩罚...

相似短语

snuff at v. 嗅,闻

snuff it 死,断气

snuff out 扼杀；消灭

up to snuff adv.正常,符合标准,精明

in high snuff 趾高气扬,傲慢

white snuff 【医】白鼻吸药(含可卡因、薄荷脑)

snuff colour n. 黄1褐色

take snuff 吸鼻烟

catarrh snuff 【医】粘膜炎鼻吸药, 卡他嗅剂

snuff beans 零陵香豆黑香豆

单词分析

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记忆方法

1. sniff <===> snuff.
2. sniffer => sniff.

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