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.
  1. ...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
  2. ...those who like sniffing out bargains.
     喜欢淘便宜货的人
• 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.
  1. 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。

英英释义

verb

• recognize or detect by or as if by smelling
  1. He can smell out trouble
  Synonym:scent outsmell outnose out

双语例句

• I can lie low there, maybe sniff out a job when things quiet down.
  我可以在那儿暂避风头，事情平息后找个工作。
• He lives to sniff out stuff like this.
  他一生都是干这行的。
• They are training these dogs to sniff out drugs.
  他们训练狗嗅出毒品来。
• 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」。
• 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。
• 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。
• The police were determined to sniff out the ringleaders.
  警方决心要找到匪首。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。