sniff out
英 [snɪf aʊt]
美 [snɪf aʊt]
发现; 找到; (狗)嗅找(炸药、毒品等)
柯林斯词典
- PHRASAL VERB 发现;找到
If yousniff outsomething, you discover it after some searching.- ...journalists who are trained to sniff out sensation or scandal.
训练有素、能够敏锐地嗅出爆炸性新闻或丑闻的记者 - ...those who like sniffing out bargains.
喜欢淘便宜货的人
- ...journalists who are trained to sniff out sensation or scandal.
- PHRASAL VERB (狗)嗅找(炸药、毒品等)
When a dog used by a group such as the policesniffs outhidden explosives or drugs, it finds them using its sense of smell.- A police dog, trained to sniff out explosives, found evidence of a bomb in the apartment.
一只训练有素、专门嗅找炸药的警犬在公寓里发现了炸弹的痕迹。
- A police dog, trained to sniff out explosives, found evidence of a bomb in the apartment.
英英释义
verb
- recognize or detect by or as if by smelling
- He can smell out trouble
双语例句
- MOSCOW ( Reuters)-Russian police battling fish smugglers have deployed a cat to sniff out contraband, including Caspian Sea sturgeon, the fish that produce Russia's world-famous caviar.
莫斯科(路透社)目前,正与鱼走私者进行斗争的俄罗斯警方配备了一只猫,来嗅出违禁品,其中包括里海鲟鱼,这种鱼可用来制造驰名世界的俄罗斯鱼子酱。 - A police dog, trained to sniff out explosives, found evidence of a bomb in the apartment.
一只训练有素、专门嗅找炸药的警犬在公寓里发现了炸弹的痕迹。 - The enzyme may also help break down pheromones, adding to evidence that an ability to sniff out rivals can trigger aggressive behaviour.
这种酶还可能有助于降解信息素,并且增加了有关发现对手的能力能够引发好斗行为理论的证据。 - He lives to sniff out stuff like this.
他一生都是干这行的。 - Instead, he owes his success as a monetary policymaker to his ability to sniff out threats to the economy and manipulate interest rates to dampen the dangers he perceives.
相反,作为一个货币政策制定者,格林斯潘的成功是由于他能够嗅出经济所面临的威胁,从而调控利率,消除他所感受到的危险。 - Mosquitoes can sniff out an attractive human dinner target from as far as 40 miles.
蚊子能从40英里之外嗅出合其口味的就餐目标。 - Dad doesn't let them go hungry, however& he hides food nearby, helping teach the pups to sniff out a snack.
爸爸没有让他们挨饿,不过他躲进附近的食物,帮助教导幼狐嗅出一个小吃。 - I can lie low there, maybe sniff out a job when things quiet down.
我可以在那儿暂避风头,事情平息后找个工作。 - The job for Lucky and Flo will be to sniff out optical discs in luggage or other containers, and stop the discs from getting to manufacturing plants where they can be reproduced.
猎犬拉基和弗洛的工作是嗅出隐藏在行李箱和其他容器中的光碟,防止这些光碟被带到加工厂去复制。 - He's always been a self-starter, someone who sniff out an untapped market and goes for it successfully.
他工作主动,善于觉察未开发的市场并且成功地把握住它。