n.鼻煙；燭花

v.掐滅；吹燈拔蠟（死亡）；扼殺；嗅；抽鼻子；剪燭花

My grandfather used to take snuff. 我祖父以前常吸鼻煙。

Give the barber a pinch of snuff. 給剃頭匠一撮鼻煙。

At this moment on the ridge, up against the blazing sky, a flgure was visible, like the black snuff in the midst of a candle flame. 恰在此時，在那山崗上，在那陽光絢麗的天際出現(xiàn)了一個身影，就象蠟燭火焰中的一個黑色燭花。

He leant forward and snuffed the candle. 他俯下身掐滅了蠟燭。

His dad snuffed it a couple of years ago. 他爸爸兩年前就吹燈了。

Moreover, such protests as have taken place have been easy to snuff out. 而且，已經(jīng)發(fā)生的這種抗議很容易遭到扼殺。

The dog came over and snuffed at her feet. 那條狗跑過來，用力嗅她的腳。