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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The job for Lucky and Flo will be to sniff out optical discs in luggage or other containers, and stop the discs from getting to manufacturing plants where they can be reproduced.
  猎犬拉基和弗洛的工作是嗅出隐藏在行李箱和其他容器中的光碟，防止这些光碟被带到加工厂去复制。
• 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。
• He lives to sniff out stuff like this.
  他一生都是干这行的。
• Instead, he owes his success as a monetary policymaker to his ability to sniff out threats to the economy and manipulate interest rates to dampen the dangers he perceives.
  相反，作为一个货币政策制定者，格林斯潘的成功是由于他能够嗅出经济所面临的威胁，从而调控利率，消除他所感受到的危险。
• 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。
• They also make ideal guide dogs and work with police to sniff out explosives or drugs.
  们也是理想的导盲犬，还可跟警方合作嗅出爆裂物或毒品。
• B: I bet my broker could sniff out some good ones for you.
  我相信我的股票经纪人会帮你找出一些好股票。