snuff

US [snʌf]
UK [snʌf]
  • n.鼻烟
  • v.掐灭；出声地嗅
  • Web灯花；烛花；气息
Simple Present：snuffs  Present Participle：snuffing  Past Tense：snuffed  

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snuff
v.
1.
[t]
~ sth (out)
掐灭，闷熄，熄灭（小火苗）to stop a small flame from burning, especially by pressing it between your fingers or covering it with sth
2.
[i][t]
~ (sth)
出声地嗅to smell sth by breathing in noisily through the nose
The dogs were snuffing gently at my feet.
几只狗轻轻地嗅着我的脚。
IDM
snuff it
死to die
n.
1.
[u]
鼻烟tobacco in the form of a powder that people take by breathing it into their noses
IDM
up to snuff
达到要求；符合标准as good as it/they should be

Sample Sentence

Definition:
AllAll,鼻烟鼻烟,掐灭掐灭,出声地嗅出声地嗅,灯花灯花,烛花烛花,气息气息
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Difficulty:AllAll,EasyEasy,MiddleMiddle,HardHard
1.
Of course, this heavy lifting on the production side would be meaningless if the quality of the granular polysilicon were not up to snuff.
当然，这在生产方面如果粒状多晶硅的质量都没有达到及格，繁重的任务将是毫无意义的。
dāng rán , zhè zài shēng chǎn fāng miàn rú guǒ lì zhuàng duō jīng guī de zhì liàng dōu méi yǒu dá dào jí gé , fán zhòng de rèn wu jiāng shì háo wú yì yì de 。
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2.
He saw no reason why one lamp was still alight and tried to snuff it out. But whatever he did, the lamp kept burning.
他觉得白天不需要点灯，就想把它吹熄，但无论他怎么吹都吹不熄灭。
tā jué de bái tiān bù xū yào diǎn dēng , jiù xiǎng bǎ tā chuī xī , dàn wú lùn tā zěn me chuī dōu chuī bù xī miè 。
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3.
In the beginning, it only served as a decoration of snuff bottles and grew into a unique craftwork later on.
最开始是为鼻烟壶作饰，继而成为一种独特工艺。
zuì kāi shǐ shì wèi bí yān hú zuò shì , jì ér chéng wéi yī zhǒng dú tè gōng yì 。
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4.
"You are desperate, " said the gentleman, taking out his snuff-box, "and I am sorry for you. "
“你简直是要发狂了，”绅士说着，取出鼻烟壶来，“我真替你难过。”
" nǐ jiǎn zhí shì yào fā kuáng le , " shēn shì shuō zhe , qǔ chū bí yān hú lái , " wǒ zhēn tì nǐ nán guò 。 "
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5.
There's nothing more annoying than trying to run Vista on a machine that isn't up to snuff.
在没有比尝试在不够配置的电脑上运行Vista更烦人的事情了。
zài méi yǒu bǐ cháng shì zài bú gòu pèi zhì de diàn nǎo shàng yùn xíng Vista gèng fán rén de shì qíng le 。
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6.
If it's not up to snuff, act quickly to counsel them and work out a plan for bringing performance up to acceptable levels.
如果这个方法不行，那就迅速采取行动，规劝他们，制定计划，把员工表现放到可接受的水平上。
rú guǒ zhè ge fāng fǎ bù xíng , nà jiù xùn sù cǎi qǔ xíng dòng , guī quàn tā men , zhì dìng jì huà , bǎ yuán gōng biǎo xiàn fàng dào kě jiē shòu de shuǐ píng shàng 。
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7.
But make sure your home maintenance is up to snuff so as not to put off potential "customers. "
但是必须确保你提供的地方能达到标准否则将会失去一些潜在的“客户”。
dàn shì bì xū què bǎo nǐ tí gōng de dì fang néng dá dào biāo zhǔn fǒu zé jiāng huì shī qù yì xiē qián zài de " kè hù " 。
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8.
When he had said it , he took a culminating pinch of Snuff , and put his box in his pocket.
说完他嗅了最后一撮鼻烟，然后把鼻烟盒塞进了口袋。
shuō wán tā xiù le zuì hòu yī cuō bí yān , rán hòu bǎ bí yān hé sāi jìn le kǒu dài 。
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9.
It seemed, he said, as he took a pinch of snuff, that I hadn't read the third chapter of the book of Genesis with sufficient attention.
看起来，他吸了一口鼻烟，说道，我没有足够的专注地阅读过《创世纪》的第三章。
kàn qǐ lái , tā xī le yì kǒu bí yān , shuō dào , wǒ méi yǒu zú gòu de zhuān zhù de yuè dú guò 《 chuàng shì jì 》 de dì sān zhāng 。
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10.
The Jamahiriya has the right to exist. What the west is proposing must be genocide as it's trying to snuff out the Jamahiriya .
利比亚有权利存在。西方正在提议什么种族灭绝，因为它是在试图扼杀利比亚。
lì bǐ yà yǒu quán lì cún zài 。 xī fāng zhèng zài tí yì shén me zhǒng zú miè jué , yīn wèi tā shì zài shì tú è shā lì bǐ yà 。
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