snuff

snuff

英 [snʌf]
　　美 [snʌf]

vt. 剪燭花；掐滅；消滅；嗅出
　　n. 鼻煙；燭花；燈花
　　vi. 撲滅；斷氣；嗅

中文詞源：

snuff 鼻煙

來自輔音叢 sn-,鼻子，聞，嗅，發鼻音，比較 sneer,snore,snicker,sniff,snuff.引申詞義鼻煙。

例句：

1. The recent rebound in mortgage rates could snuff out the housing recovery.
抵押貸款利率最近的回升可能會扼殺房地產的復蘇。

2. He thought he was about to snuff it.
他覺得自己快要咽氣瞭。

3. You've got the power. You can do anything you want. You can snuff him out or not.
你已經大權在握，可以為所欲為瞭。你可以滅瞭他，也可以不這麼做。

4. The art of decorating snuff bottles from the inside originated in Beijing.
內畫壺是鼻煙壺的一種.內畫技藝起源於北京.

5. Greedy heirs waited for the old man to snuff out.
貪心的繼承人等待著老頭斷氣.