Word · Frequency #26220
snuffle
抽鼻子；用鼻子大声吸气
To sniff or smell something noisily through the nose.
- 1.
To sniff or smell with the nose loudly and audibly.
大声地用鼻子嗅或闻
- 2.
To speak through the nose; to breathe through the nose when it is obstructed, so as to make a broken sound.
用鼻音说话；鼻子堵塞时通过鼻子呼吸,发出断续的声音
带鼻音说话；呼哧呼哧地呼吸；大声地用鼻子嗅或闻；用鼻音说话；鼻子堵塞时通过鼻子呼吸,发出断续的声音；抽鼻子；嗅
In use
The dog snuffled around the garden, following a strange smell.
She snuffles every time she has a cold, so she always keeps tissues nearby.
Stop snuffling and breathe through your mouth.
Verb forms
base snuffle · third person snuffles · -ing snuffling · past snuffled · past participle snuffled
鼻音动词，常用于描述呼吸或嗅闻动作
Connections
Collocations
- snuffle around
- 到处嗅；四处闻
- The dog snuffled around the garden looking for a bone.狗在花园里到处嗅，寻找骨头。
- snuffle at
- 对着……嗅闻
- The pig snuffled at the trough before eating.猪在吃食前对着食槽嗅了嗅。
- snuffle loudly
- 大声抽鼻子
- He snuffled loudly because his nose was blocked.因为鼻子堵塞，他大声地抽鼻子。
- snuffle with a cold
- 因感冒而呼哧呼哧地呼吸
- The child snuffled with a cold all night.孩子因感冒整晚呼哧呼哧地呼吸。
Synonyms
- sniff
- 用鼻子短促有声地吸气（可表示闻气味或清鼻子） · sniff 更常用、声音更轻，且常是有意去闻；snuffle 多指不自觉的、因感冒或哭泣发出的连续鼻息声。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
把 snuffle 想成 sniff（嗅）加上拖沓的 -fle，鼻子堵住时用力吸气，发出呼哧呼哧的声响。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：描述感冒鼻塞时的呼吸声、描述动物用鼻子大声嗅闻 snuffle 属于中性偏日常的动词，通常用于描述人或动物因鼻塞或嗅闻而发出明显鼻音或呼吸声；正式场合较少用，多出现在口语或记叙描写中。
Grammar Note
表示用力吸气或带鼻音说话的动作。
Pronunciation & Spelling
真正与 snuffle /ˈsnʌfəl/ 押韵的是 ruffle、shuffle、muffle、scuffle，它们都含重读的 /ʌf/ 并以 /əl/ 结尾。注意形似词：snuff /snʌf/ 少了最后的 /əl/ 音节；sniffle /ˈsnɪfəl/ 的重读元音是 /ɪ/ 而不是 /ʌ/，两者均不押韵。
Learn the forms together
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