English主要词典
snuff
Universal Words
verb, noun
verb [VN]
1 ~ sth (out) to stop a small flame from burning, especially by pressing it between your fingers or covering it with sth
2 (of an animal) to smell sth by breathing in noisily through the nose:
[V] The dogs were snuffing gently at my feet. [also VN]
IDIOMS
snuff it (BrE, humorous, slang) to die
PHRASALVERBS
snuff sth<->out (written) to stop or destroy sth completely:
An innocent child's life has been snuffed out by this senseless shooting.
noun [U] tobacco in the form of a powder that people take by breathing it into their noses
