snifter

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˈsnɪftə/    美 /ˈsnɪftəɹ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A sniff. Northern-England,Scotland
  2. A strong or severe wind. Northern-England,Scotland,figuratively
  3. A small, wide, pear-shaped glass used for drinking aromatic liquors such as bourbon and brandy. figuratively
    — [H]e springs to another wooden vat and turns a valve, filling a snifter with a warm amber liquid. […] Bang holds the liquid up to the light, swirls it around, takes a sniff of the pungent bouquet, puts the glass to his lips—and gives a satisfied smile.
  4. Synonym of nip (“a small amount of an alcoholic beverage, especially one equivalent to what a snifter (noun sense 2.2) might hold”) figuratively,informal
    — "Sit down, bo," invited Soup Face. "I guess you're a regular all right. Here, have a snifter?" and he pulled a flask from his side pocket, holding it toward The Oskaloosa Kid.
  5. Synonym of cocaine addict; a sniffer. US,figuratively,slang
  6. A small amount of cocaine taken by inhaling through the nose. US,figuratively,slang
  7. A handheld device used to detect signals from radio transmitters; a sniffer. US,figuratively,slang
动词 v.
  1. To sniff; also, to snivel or snuffle. intransitive
    — Brouffer. To ſnurt, or ſnifter vvith the noſe, like a horſe.
  2. Followed by out: to speak (words) in a nasal, snuffling manner. archaic,rare,transitive

词形变化

snifters present,singular,third-person sniftering participle,present sniftered participle,past sniftered past snifters plural

词汇关系

衍生词
snifterer sniftering snufter brandy snifter snifters snifter valve

词源

词源 1
The verb is derived from Middle English snifteren, snifter, snyfter (“to sniffle”), possibly from *snift (possibly derived from an Old Norse word—compare Old Danish snifte and Swedish snyfta (“to sniffle; to sob”); probably ultimately imitative) + -er- (frequentative suffix) + -en (suffix forming the infinitive of verbs).
The noun is derived from the verb.
词源 2
The verb is derived from Middle English snifteren, snifter, snyfter (“to sniffle”), possibly from *snift (possibly derived from an Old Norse word—compare Old Danish snifte and Swedish snyfta (“to sniffle; to sob”); probably ultimately imitative) + -er- (frequentative suffix) + -en (suffix forming the infinitive of verbs).
The noun is derived from the verb.
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