13c., weffe "foul scent or odor," of imitative origin. Modern form became popular late 16c. with tobacco smoking, probably influenced by whiffle "blow in gusts or puffs" (1560s). The verb in the baseball slang sense "to swing at a ball and miss" first recorded 1913.
雙語例句
1. Not a whiff of scandal has ever tainted his private life.
他的私生活沒有爆出過一丁點兒的丑聞。
來自柯林斯例句
2. The TV show had the whiff of hypocrisy and pomposity.
這個電視節目有些偽善和夸耀的嫌疑。
來自柯林斯例句
3. He caught a whiff of her perfume.
他聞到了她身上的一股香水味。
來自柯林斯例句
4. a whiff of cigar smoke
一股雪茄煙味
來自《權威詞典》
5. Now and again , he caught a whiff of a peculiar smell.