snifting
吸入空氣
Snift v. i. [imp. & p. p. Snifted; p. pr. & vb. n. Snifting.]
1. To snort. [Obs.] “Resentment expressed by snifting.”
2. To sniff; to snuff; to smell.
It now appears that they were still snifing and hankering after their old quarters. --Landor.
Snift·ing, a. & n. from Snift.
Snifting valve, a small valve opening into the atmosphere from the cylinder or condenser of a steam engine, to allow the escape of air when the piston makes a stroke; -- so called from the noise made by its action.
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