Whiff

(noun.) a strikeout resulting from the batter swinging at and missing the ball for the third strike.

(noun.) a lefteye flounder found in coastal waters from New England to Brazil.

(verb.) utter with a puff of air; 'whiff out a prayer'.

(verb.) strike out by swinging and missing the pitch charged as the third.

(verb.) drive or carry as if by a puff of air; 'The gust of air whiffed away the clouds'.

整理:李奥娜

• Give her a whiff of fresh air with the bellows, Charley,' said Mr. Dawkins; 'and you slap her hands, Fagin, while Bill undoes the petticuts. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
• When Pasteur at the age of fifteen was in Paris, overcome with homesickness, he had exclaimed, If I could only get a whiff of the old tannery yard, I feel I should be cured. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
• But there seemed to be not a whiff of life in either of the bodies. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• Just a whiff, then. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• He seemed to bring a whiff of his strong, fresh, bracing, east-coast air with him as he entered. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• I am but an indifferent performer, sir,' returns the other; 'but I'll accompany you with a whiff or two at intervals. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• Your subject,' said Mortimer, after lighting a cigar, and comforting himself with a whiff or two, 'was scouts, Eugene. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• A whiff of--you know what, and a turn at a certain book which I have had occasion to mention in these pages, composed me, body and mind. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• His friend made no direct reply, but observed, after a few whiffs of his cigar, 'Don't mistake the situation. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• He whiffed the compound of scents away, as he put down his smoked-out pipe. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.

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