| 词组 | sniffer |
| 释义 | sniffer noun 1 the nose UK, 1858. 2 an ampoule of amyl nitrite US, 1970. 3 a cocaine user US, 1988. 4 a device placed on a vehicle's exhaust pipe to measure the pollutants in the emission US, 1993. 5 a claims investigator of unemployment and other benefit fraud UK, 1982. 6 a computer program that surreptitiously records user passwords and other log-in data US, 1994. 7 an outsider who tries to be part of the pornography industry US, 1995. 8 a handkerchief US, 1945 pot hound1. Any dog trained by law enforcement to detect drugs, especially marijuana, by smell. I broke out in a cold sweat when I saw them bring the pot hounds onto the bus. There's no way I'm smuggling dope through the airport—that place is crawling with pot hounds! 2. Any stray, mixed-breed dog; a mutt. A slang term specific to the islands of the West Indies, especially Grenada. Our family befriended a pot hound that kept sniffing around our garbage, eventually adopting the rascally thing as our own. This part of the island is positively crawling with pot hounds. pot snifferAny dog trained by law enforcement to detect drugs, especially marijuana, by smell. I broke out in a cold sweat when I saw them bring the pot sniffers onto the bus. There's no way I'm smuggling dope through the airport—that place is crawling with pot sniffers! snifferslang One's nose. Put your sniffer up to these roses I just brought in from the garden. Don't they smell divine? The ball hit her right in the sniffer. pot houndand pot sniffer n. a dog trained to sniff out cannabis. (Drugs.) The pot hound at the airport is always busy finding marijuana. A cute beagle named sparky greeted me as today’s “pot sniffer” in the baggage claim area. pot snifferverbSee pot hound whiff-snifferand wiff-sniffer n. a prohibitionist; someone always alert for the smell of alcohol on someone’s breath. (Prohibition.) No wiff-sniffer is going to tell me what to do. wiff-snifferverbSee whiff-sniffer |
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