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.
  1. ...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
  2. ...those who like sniffing out bargains.
     喜欢淘便宜货的人
• 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.
  1. 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。

英英释义

verb

• recognize or detect by or as if by smelling
  1. He can smell out trouble
  Synonym:scent outsmell outnose out

双语例句

• The police used dogs to sniff out the criminals in their hiding-place.
  警察使用警犬查出了罪犯的藏身地点。
• 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。
• It's his job to sniff out abuses of power.
  他的职责就是查究滥用权力的行为。
• My heart is like a rabbit-like, so uneasy, feeling from the taste of coffee where you can sniff out an ambiguous atmosphere.
  我的内心像小兔似的，如此忐忑不安，总觉得从咖啡的味道里可以嗅出暧昧的气息。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Dogs are used to sniff out unlawful drugs which travelers are carrying.
  狗被用来闻出旅行者非法携带的毒品。
• 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。
• An electronic nose that could sniff out explosives and food contaminants, could be hugely useful.
  它的最新产品电子鼻能识别炸弹和遭到污染的食物，用途非常广泛。