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snuff
snuff / snʌf /
verb
[VN]
1. ~ sth (out) to stop a small flame from burning, especially by pressing it between your fingers or covering it with sth
掐灭,闷熄,熄灭(小火苗)
SYN extinguish
2. (of an animal 动物) to smell sth by breathing in noisily through the nose
出声地嗅:
▪ [V]
The dogs were snuffing gently at my feet.
几只狗轻轻地嗅着我的脚。
▪ [also VN]
▪ 'snuff it
(BrE, humorous, slang)
to die
死
PHRASAL VERBS
▪ ˌsnuff sth ↔ 'out
to stop or destroy sth completely
扼杀;消灭:
An innocent child's life has been snuffed out by this senseless shooting.
这胡乱一枪就要了一个无辜孩子的命。
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