snuffle

snuffle
verb
  1. [noobj.]breathe noisily through the nose due to a cold or crying
    （因感冒、哭泣而）呼哧呼哧地呼吸
    Alice was weeping quietly, snuffling a little.
    艾丽丝静静地啜泣，抽抽鼻子。
    ■(especially of an animal) make repeated sniffing sounds as though smelling at something
    （尤指动物像嗅东西般）反复喷鼻；发出呼哧呼哧的鼻息声
    the collie snuffled around his boots.
    那只柯利牧羊犬绕着他的靴子呼哧呼哧地嗅个不停。
    [as noun snuffling]she heard a strange, persistent snuffling.
    她听到一种奇怪的，持续不断的呼哧声。
noun
  1. a sniff or sniffing sound
    用力吸气；吸气声
    a silence broken only by the faint snuffles of the dogs.
    只有微弱的狗的吸鼻声才时而打破的沉寂。
    ■(常作 the snuffles)(informal)a cold or other infection that causes sniffing
    (非正式)（因感冒或其他传染病导致的）鼻塞
    he went down with the snuffles.
    他吸着鼻子下楼了。
派生
snuffler
noun
snuffly
( )
adjective
语源
  1. late 16th cent.: probably from Low German and Dutch snuffelen; compare with snuff and snivel
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