•He sniffed his socks to see if they needed washing.他嗅了嗅自己的袜子，看是否需要洗了。

•Dogs love sniffing each other.狗喜欢相互嗅闻。

•She sniffed at her glass of wine before tasting it.品尝那杯酒之前，她先闻了闻。

•Dogs are sometimes used at airports to sniff out (= find by smelling) drugs in people's luggage.有时候，狗被用来在机场嗅查人们的行李中是否有毒品。

•He was expelled from school for sniffing glue (= taking in the gas from glue because of the feelings of pleasure that this gives).他因吸食强力胶毒而被学校开除。

•You were sniffing a lot - I presumed you had a cold.你不停地抽鼻子——我觉得你感冒了

•[+ speech] "They didn't even serve wine at dinner!" she sniffed.“他们在正餐时间竟然不供应酒！”她轻蔑地说。

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•The men at City Hall, sniffing at anything too ideological, insist that big cuts are just not practical.市政府的官员们对一切过于意识形态的东西都嗤之以鼻，他们坚持认为大幅删减根本不实际。

•A few computer firms are sniffing at the project already.已经有几家电脑公司对这一企划案表现出兴趣。

•Chief executive David Prosser said the takeover speculation was wrong and no one was sniffing around.首席执行官戴维‧普罗瑟认为该收购想法行不通，没有人对此感兴趣。

•A two million pound profit is not to be sniffed at.200万英镑的利润不可轻视。

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•Her job is to go round the big fashion shows sniffing out talent for a modelling agency.她的工作就是观赏大型时装发表会，为模特儿经纪公司发掘人才。

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•Have a sniff of this medicine - it smells revolting, doesn't it?闻闻这种药——有一股让人作呕的味道，对吗？

•"I don't think much of that idea," she said with a sniff (= an expression of a low opinion).“我觉得这主意不怎么样。”她吸了吸鼻子轻蔑地说。