snuffed

英 [snʌft]

美 [snʌft]

v.  掐灭，闷熄，熄灭(小火苗); 出声地嗅
snuff的过去分词和过去式

柯林斯词典

• 鼻烟
  Snuffis powdered tobacco which people take by breathing it in quickly through their nose.
• VERB 断气;死去
  If someonesnuffs it, they die.
  1. He thought he was about to snuff it.
     他觉得自己快要咽气了。

双语例句

• His hopes were nearly snuffed out.
  他的希望几乎都被打破了。
• The candle guttered and snuffed out.
  蜡烛在风中淌蜡，终于熄掉了。
• And so these two lives were snuffed out.
  这两个叫化子就是这样一命呜呼了。
• He leant forward and snuffed the candle.
  他俯下身掐灭了蜡烛。
• Every time a new flicker of resistance appeared, the government snuffed it out
  一旦有抵抗的苗头出现时，政府总是迅速地加以消灭。
• Their dog snuffed it last week& that's a jolly good thing.
  上星期他家的狗死了，那倒是件大好事。
• Like candles guttering in the wind, three of the worlds eight subspecies of tigers have been snuffed out.
  像风中燃烧的蜡烛，世界上八个老虎的属种已经有三个灭绝了。
• It can be smoked, sucked, chewed or snuffed.
  可以抽吸、咀嚼或鼻吸。
• His dad snuffed it a couple of years ago.
  他爸爸两年前就吹灯了。
• She smoked and snuffed almost to the hour of her death.
  她终生抽烟和吸鼻烟几乎到临终的时刻为止。