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snuffle

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++snuf·fle /ˈsnʌfəl/ verb [intransitive]  BREATHEto breathe noisily through your nose, sometimes because you are crying 呼哧呼哧地呼吸,抽鼻子 The little boys snuffled in their sleep. 小男孩们睡着了还在抽鼻子。→ See Verb table
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snuffleBefore I unlocked it I could hear him snuffling and whimpering excitedly.It was revolting to see these half-starved creatures snuffling around behind the houses or along the river-bank in search of excrement.He never saw his pursuer, though occasionally he heard it snuffling behind him.She'd thought it was Anna, snuffling in her sleep or from grief.He started making snuffling noises.When he gets really impatient, his keeper says, he starts rolling his head around or making snuffling noises.It was a wonderful snuffling sound.
Origin snuffle (1500-1600) Perhaps from Dutch snuffelen
snuf·fle verbChineseSyllable
nose, through your breathe Corpus because noisily you sometimes to


snuffle
snuffle /ˈsnʌfəl/ verb [intransitive]
 Date: 1500-1600
 Origin: Perhaps from Dutch snuffelen
to breathe noisily through your nose, sometimes because you are crying:
    The little boys snuffled in their sleep.


snuf·fleBrE /ˈsnʌfl/ 🔊NAmE /ˈsnʌfl/ 🔊 verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they snuffle BrE /ˈsnʌfl/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈsnʌfl/ 🔊present simple - he / she / it snuffles BrE /ˈsnʌflz/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈsnʌflz/ 🔊past simple snuffled BrE /ˈsnʌfld/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈsnʌfld/ 🔊past participle snuffled BrE /ˈsnʌfld/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈsnʌfld/ 🔊 -ing form snuffling BrE /ˈsnʌflɪŋ/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈsnʌflɪŋ/ 🔊 [intransitive, transitive] (+ speech) to breathe noisily because you have a cold or you are crying (因感冒或哭泣)鼻子呼哧出声,抽鼻子 SYN sniff I could hear the child snuffling in her sleep. 我听见这女孩睡着了还在抽鼻子。🔊🔊 [intransitive] ~ (about/around) if an animal snuffles, it breathes noisily through its nose, especially while it is smelling sth 哧哧地嗅
snuf·fleBrE /ˈsnʌfl/ 🔊NAmE /ˈsnʌfl/ 🔊 noun (also less frequent snuf·fling) an act or the sound of snuffling 抽鼻子(声);嗅;嗅东西时发出的呼哧声The silence was broken only by the snuffles of the dogs. 除了不时听见狗喘气的声音,四下里一片寂静。🔊🔊His breath came in snuffles. 他呼哧呼哧地呼吸着。🔊🔊get, have, etc. the ˈsnuffles(informal) to get/have a cold 患感冒