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
- They may also pull the old wolf-in-sheep's clothing trick by cloaking themselves in the ants'chemical scent, a possibility the scientists are trying to sniff out.
他们也可以拉在旧狼披着羊皮的把戏隐藏在蚂蚁的化学气味自己的可能性，科学家们正试图嗅出。 - The police were determined to sniff out the ringleaders.
警方决心要找到匪首。 - 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。 - They also make ideal guide dogs and work with police to sniff out explosives or drugs.
们也是理想的导盲犬，还可跟警方合作嗅出爆裂物或毒品。 - 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。 - They are training these dogs to sniff out drugs.
他们训练狗嗅出毒品来。 - 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。 - Others admire the flexibility of mid-market houses and their ability to sniff out deals of which others are not aware.
还有些人则赞赏中型市场基金的灵活性及其发掘别人没有注意到的交易的能力。 - 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。