sniff test

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈsnɪf tɛst/    美 /ˈsnɪf ˌtɛst/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An inspection of an object by smelling it, as for cleanliness of clothing or freshness of food.
    — Let wood dry overnight so solvent evaporates. Mr. [Hugh] Fite uses the sniff test: when he no longer smells solvent, the surface is likely dry enough.
  2. An inspection of an object by smelling it, as for cleanliness of clothing or freshness of food.; An informal check of whether an idea or proposal is credible, ethical, etc., using one's common sense or sense of propriety. figuratively
    — Near-synonyms: reality check, sanity check, sanity test
  3. A medical procedure involving a person taking quick, short sniffs which cause contraction of the diaphragm during a fluoroscopy, enabling abnormalities of the diaphragm to be detected; diaphragm fluoroscopy.
    — The most reliable radiographic maneuver to detect paradoxical movement is the sniff test, consisting of rapidly repeated inspirations through the nostrils during fluoroscopy. Normally, both hemidiaphragms descend sharply during a sniff, but with unilateral disphragmatic paralysis there is paradoxical upward motion of the affected side.

词形变化

sniff tests plural

词源

From sniff (noun) + test (noun).
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