snuffy

形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Soiled with snuff.
  2. Resembling or characteristic of snuff.
  3. Sulky; angry; vexed. Scotland,obsolete
    — I must now let you know what sort of a personage this same First President is; you imagine that he is a disagreeable snuffy old fellow
  4. Drunk. slang
    — She could fight, too, when I got snuffy. […] Once I come home from elk camp so drunk I couldn't hardly sit my horse, and Sylvie near to kilt me, she fought me so hard.
  5. That causes sniffing and nasal irritation due to dust.
    — Giving that up, she took a broom and a duster and went upstairs to housemaid Mrs Dibble's bedroom, with her head tied up in a coloured scarf. It was a dusty, snuffy job, for penuriousness in Mrs Dibble refused to throw anything away, including dirt, and if anything fell on the floor it remained there.

词形变化

snuffier comparative snuffiest superlative

词汇关系

衍生词
snuffily snuffiness

词源

Etymology tree
English snuff
English -y
English snuffy
From snuff + -y.
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