snuf·fle /ˈsnʌfəl/
 鼻音,鼻息,鼻塞(vi.)抽鼻子,嗅,聞,鼻子塞住(vt.)發出鼻音說,嗅著去找


 Snuf·fle v. i. [imp. & p. p. Snuffled p. pr. & vb. n. Snuffling ]  To speak through the nose; to breathe through the nose when it is obstructed, so as to make a broken sound.
 One clad in purple
 Eats, and recites some lamentable rhyme . . .
 Snuffling at nose, and croaking in his throat.   --Dryden.


 Snuf·fle, n.
 1. The act of snuffing; a sound made by the air passing through the nose when obstructed.
    This dread sovereign, Breath, in its passage, gave a snort or snuffle.   --Coleridge.
 2. An affected nasal twang; hence, cant; hypocrisy.
 3. pl. Obstruction of the nose by mucus; nasal catarrh of infants or children. [Colloq.]

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 snuffle
      n : the act of breathing heavily through the nose (as when the
          nose is congested) [syn: sniffle, snivel]
      v 1: sniff or smell inquiringly [syn: snuff]
      2: snuff up mucus through the nose [syn: snivel]
      3: cry or whine with snuffling; "Stop snivelling--you got
         yourself into this mess!" [syn: snivel, sniffle, blubber,
          blub]