| 词汇 | sniff something ↔ out |
| 释义 | sniff something ↔ outsniff something ↔ out phrasal verbphr v a) SMELLto discover or find something by its smell 靠嗅觉发现，嗅出 A customs officer came round with a dog to sniff out drugs. 一名海关官员带了一条狗过来嗅探毒品。 b) informalFIND OUT to find out or discover something 找出；发现；发觉 Vic’s been trying to sniff out where you went last night. 维克一直在打听昨晚你去了什么地方。 Examples from the Corpus sniff out• There are an awful lot of opportunities around if you can only sniff them out.• He knew the local C.I.D. and it was said he could sniff a copper out a mile away.• Like animals, they sniff me out, like dogs.• In trials with real and willing patients, it looks as if George sniffed right five out of seven times.• They had found him quicker than he'd anticipated, sniffing him out through the darkened streets. → sniff something ↔ out at sniff1(2) |
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