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***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
- 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。 - While researchers have known for some time that dogs can sniff out the telltale signs of other forms of cancer, this is the first study that proves dogs can reliably smell this particular kind.
虽然研究人员已经知道狗可以闻出其他种类癌症的蛛丝马迹，而这却是首个证明狗能准确嗅闻出肺癌的研究。 - Ask around to sniff out potential mentors, or contact associations in your chosen field;
四处询问一下来找出潜在的、在你所选择领域中的导师或关系协会； - An'electronic nose'has been developed that can sniff out cancer in patients'breath.
科学家发明了一种“电子鼻”，可以从患者的呼吸中嗅出癌症。 - 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。 - They are training these dogs to sniff out drugs.
他们训练狗嗅出毒品来。 - 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。 - Kai Wang and her friends like to sniff out the latest regional Chinese restaurants: a tiny cafe in east London specialising in food from China's north-east, or one near London Bridge serving numbing and hot crayfish.
王凯（音译）和她的朋友们乐于发觉最新的中国地方菜餐馆：一家位于伦敦东部专营中国西北菜的小餐馆，或是一家位于伦敦桥旁的餐馆提供「麻辣小龙虾」。 - 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。