| 釋義 |
snuff3 /snAf; snAf/ vt, vi 1 [VP6A, 15B] cut or pinch off the burnt black end of the wick of (a candle). 剪 (燭) 花。 ~ sth out, (lit or fig) put out, extinguish (the light of a cnndle): (字面或喻) 熄滅 (燭光); 消減： His hopes were nearly ~ed out. 他的希望幾乎破滅了。 2 [VP2C] ~ out, (sl) die. (俚) 死亡。 ~ers n pl scissors with a kind of box to catch the burnt wick of candles when they are ~ed. 剪燭花用的對(duì)刀。 |