snuffle

• vi. 抽鼻子；带鼻音说话
• n. 鼻塞；鼻音
• vt. 出声地吸入；带鼻音说

snuff,抽鼻子，-le,表反复。

1. He must have picked up a cold — he's begun to snuffle.

他开始鼻塞,一定是感冒了.

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2. He had a cold and spoke with a slight snuffle.

他感冒了,说话有点齉鼻儿.

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3. He heard a snuffle behind him - a half - choking gasp or cough.

他听到背后有一种吸鼻子的声音 -- 仿佛喘不出气或者咳嗽的声音.

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4. And Tom began to snuffle a little.

说着说着,汤姆开始有点抽鼻子了.

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5. From the stable came the snuffle and stamp of a feeding horse.

马棚里传来一匹正在喂食的马的鼻声和蹄声.

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snuffle (v.)

1580s, from Dutch or Flemish snuffelen "to sniff about, pry," related to Dutch and Flemish snuffen "to sniff" (see snuff (v.2)). Related: Snuffled; snuffling.

snuffle (n.)

1764, "sound made by snuffling," from snuffle (v.). Old English had snofl (n.) "phlegm, mucus." The snuffles "troublesome mucous discharge from the nostrils" is from 1770.