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

• 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。
• He's always been a self-starter, someone who sniff out an untapped market and goes for it successfully.
  他工作主动，善于觉察未开发的市场并且成功地把握住它。
• They wanted to sniff out the changes ahead of time and scurry into action, rather than get hemmed in and be left behind.
  他们都想提前嗅出变化的味道，并且赶快投入行动，而不再是落在后头哼哼不停。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• A few groups even trained dogs to sniff out the goods.
  少数人甚至训练狗来闻出那些食物。
• They may also pull the old wolf-in-sheep's clothing trick by cloaking themselves in the ants'chemical scent, a possibility the scientists are trying to sniff out.
  他们也可以拉在旧狼披着羊皮的把戏隐藏在蚂蚁的化学气味自己的可能性，科学家们正试图嗅出。
• They are training these dogs to sniff out drugs.
  他们训练狗嗅出毒品来。