sniff Význam & definícia

Význam sniff v slovenčine

• 0 to smell something by taking air in through your nose:

  • He sniffed his socks to see if they needed washing.

  • Dogs love sniffing each other.

  • She sniffed at her glass of wine before tasting it.

  • Dogs are sometimes used at airports to sniff out (= find by smelling) drugs in people's luggage.

  • He was expelled from school for sniffing glue (= taking in the gas from glue because of the feelings of pleasure that this gives).

  • You're sniffing a lot - do you have a cold?

  • [ + speech ] "They didn't even serve wine at dinner!" she sniffed.

• 1 a quick breath in through the nose to smell something, or to stop liquid in the nose from coming out:

  • Take a sniff of this medicine - it smells horrible, doesn't it?

  • "I don't think much of that idea," she said with a sniff (= an expression of a low opinion).

• 2 to smell something by taking in air through the nose:

  • [ T ] Jack crushed a bit of dried grass between his fingers and sniffed its scent.

• 3 to express a bad opinion of something or someone; to show disapproval:

  • [ I ] The museum’s front lawn does not need to be cluttered with silly pop art, sniffed a newspaper editorial.

• 4 a quick breath in through the nose to smell something:

  • She took a sniff of the medicine.