| 释义 |
snuff3 /snAf; snAf/ vt, vi 1 [VP6A, 15B] cut or pinch off the burnt black end of the wick of (a candle). 剪 (烛) 花。 ~ sth out, (lit or fig) put out, extinguish (the light of a cnndle): (字面或喻) 熄灭 (烛光); 消减： His hopes were nearly ~ed out. 他的希望几乎破灭了。 2 [VP2C] ~ out, (sl) die. (俚) 死亡。 ~ers n pl scissors with a kind of box to catch the burnt wick of candles when they are ~ed. 剪烛花用的对刀。 |