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
- 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。 - 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。 - That means those specially trained customs dogs can sniff out a professional blackjack player faster than they can spot a drug courier.
就是说啊，这些杂种豢养的狗能比认毒贩子更快的认出21点职业赌家。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - Humans move much slower than computers, and are more likely to sniff out irregularities before they metastasize to unmanageable levels.
人类的速度比电脑慢很多，更有可能在不正常现象升级至难以掌控之前发现苗头。 - 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。 - 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。 - He lives to sniff out stuff like this.
他一生都是干这行的。