whiff

名词 whiff:

1. a short light gust of air
   同义词：puff, puff of air
2. a lefteye flounder found in coastal waters from New England to Brazil
3. a strikeout resulting from the batter swinging at and missing the ball for the third strike

动词 whiff:

1. perceive by inhaling through the nose
   同义词：sniff
2. drive or carry as if by a puff of air
3. strike out by swinging and missing the pitch charged as the third
4. smoke and exhale strongly
   同义词：puff
5. utter with a puff of air

1. A whiff of ether will put you out in a few seconds.
   一剂乙醚几秒钟后就会使你失去知觉。
2. The interview went better than I thought it would. Sometimes I thought I caught a whiff of hostility in her answers but she behaved very reasonably on the whole.
   面谈进行得比我原来想象的要好。有时我意识到她答语中有敌意，但总的看来，她举止极为得体。
3. I caught a whiff of perfume as she swept past me.
   她从我身边走过时，我闻到一股香水味。

whiff

n.（名词）
A slight, gentle gust of air; a waft:
一阵轻而温柔的风；一阵：
例句：
a whiff of cool air.
一阵凉风

A brief, passing odor carried in the air:
一阵气味：大气中携带的短暂、一时的气味：
例句：
a whiff of perfume.
一阵香水味

A minute trace:
略微痕迹：
例句：
.Humanity is unregenerable and hates the language of conformity, since conformity has a whiff of the inhuman about it.(Anthony Burgess)
.人性是不能改造也无发统一的，并且一致性本身带有不人道的意味.(安东尼·伯吉斯)

An inhalation, as of air or smoke:
一吸：吸入空气或烟雾：
例句：
Take a whiff of this pipe.
抽一口这烟斗

Baseball A strikeout.
【棒球】 三振出局
v.（动词）
whiffed,whiff.ing,whiffs
v.intr.（不及物动词）
To be carried in brief gusts; waft:
轻吹，轻拂；喷出：
例句：
puffs of smoke whiffing from the chimney.
一阵阵的烟从烟囱里喷出来

Sports To swing at and miss a ball or puck.
【体育运动】 未击中球
Baseball To strike out. Used of a batter.
【棒球】 三振出局：三击不中出局。用于指棒球击球手
v.tr.（及物动词）
To blow or convey in whiffs.
吹送，一阵阵喷出
To inhale through the nose; sniff:
用鼻吸；嗅：
例句：
a dog whiffing the air.
一条嗅着空气的狗

Baseball To strike out (a batter).
【棒球】 使三击不中的棒球击球员出局

来源：
Perhaps alteration of Middle English weffe [offensive smell]
可能为 中古英语 weffe的变化 [刺鼻的气味]

【引伸】
whiff.er
n.（名词）