| 单词 | snuff it |
| 例句 | I was torturing the fire, giving it life, and snuffing it out. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Not quite as cool as usual, frowning, Jasper brushed the light away and snuffed it out with one gesture. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z “And he’s been off-color for ages, he was wasting away. It was probably better for him to snuff it quickly — one swallow — he probably didn’t feel a thing.” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z “When you’ve got something special like we do, how can you hide it under a bushel? How can you snuff it under a snuffer? Why, Chlo-Chlo, I want to shout it to the wondering world!” Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “Probably thinks if Crouch snuffs it he’ll be made Head of the Department of International Magical Cooperation.” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z But neither did he snuff it out; he nursed it, kept it as his last refuge. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Loss and fear had snuffed it out: He felt as though he had been slapped awake again. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z In preparation for the finale, here’s a look back at the named characters who snuffed it this season, in order from the truly mourned to the fully reviled. GoT season 7 deaths 2017-08-27T04:00:00Z Arguably, euphemisms for snuffing it are only really offensive when they are used by the people whose fault the fatality is: for instance, "collateral damage". Americanisms are often closer to home than we imagine 2013-05-13T09:02:20Z "We want the convictions quashed before we snuff it," says Tomlinson. Michael Richards revisits his racist rant … and the bonuses of being Brucie 2012-10-02T15:01:48Z If I had to guess I’d bet a few of the Alexandrians snuff it, and possibly the loathsome priest, Gabriel. What To Expect From Tonight's 'Walking Dead' Season 5 Finale 2015-03-29T04:00:00Z Badalamenti may have given Laura her theme, but Cruise lit the fire inside of her with "Falling," and then snuffed it out with "Questions in a World of Blue." There's no more music in the air — "Twin Peaks" mourns the loss of Julee Cruise 2022-06-11T04:00:00Z The Civil Rights Movement is in full swing, and so is the violent counter-movement to snuff it out. John Lewis marches on: “Our struggle is a struggle to redeem the soul of America” 2016-08-08T04:00:00Z When you wrap that idea, it seems to me that you are concealing it, snuffing it out. Perspective | Christo and Jeanne-Claude’s wrap of L’Arc de Triomphe reads like a salient point on hollow glory 2021-09-20T04:00:00Z I can’t imagine speaking in this voice without acknowledging the malevolence that snuffed it out. This Week in Fiction: Zadie Smith on Inhabiting the World of Billie Holiday 2017-02-27T05:00:00Z “What am I supposed to do, now that it’s done,” Sarat pleads, “just snuff it out like a candle?” ‘American War’ follows today’s vitriol to a dystopian future 2017-04-03T04:00:00Z The proliferation of mobile phones and internet access has at least put a stop to people telling you Cliff's snuffed it, but it's made the situation different, rather than better. Radiohead fill the Glastonbury festival rumour slot 2010-06-26T00:34:00Z He said they failed to put it out using extinguishers and hoses, and also incorrectly used a CO2-based fire suppression system designed to extinguish a fire by depriving it of oxygen, snuffing it out. Families say faulty vehicle caused cargo ship fire that killed two New Jersey firefighters 2023-10-06T04:00:00Z But those adjustments — the most drastic since the 1980s — seem to have temporarily dimmed strong demand rather than snuffing it out decisively. Retail Sales Surge as Prices Rise and Shoppers Keep Buying 2023-02-15T05:00:00Z Officials hope the rain will subdue the fire until finally snow snuffs it out later in the year. Inside the Bolt Creek fire — and the newly burning forests of the western Cascades 2022-10-19T04:00:00Z They contend that the recent pay gains reflect a rare moment of worker power in the labor market, and that the Fed would be wrong to snuff it out. Why a Not-So-Hot Economy Might Be Good News 2022-06-02T04:00:00Z One way to drive home the above point is to note that Trump didn’t just light the fire — he declined to snuff it once it started burning. Analysis | 5 takeaways from Day 2 of Trump’s impeachment trial 2021-02-10T05:00:00Z One way to drive home the above point is to note that Trump didn’t just light the fire – he declined to snuff it once it started burning. Takeaways from Day 2 of Trump’s impeachment trial 2021-02-10T05:00:00Z Thus, in the spirit of year-end retrospectives memorializing those we’ve lost, here are tales from the crypt on some funds that snuffed it in 2020. Dive into the dead pool: 2020’s mutual fund crypt 2021-01-02T05:00:00Z The stories didn’t live up to that hope, and Thursday’s tweet may have permanently snuffed it out. J.K. Rowling tried to make her work more inclusive — then she tweeted support for an anti-trans researcher 2019-12-19T05:00:00Z As Lear’s inner circle and entourage snuff it gorily, he is nowhere to be found — just a lingering puff of rumor and unreliable reports. Perspective | Critiquing Trump was not the problem. Failing to use British doublespeak was. 2019-07-11T04:00:00Z “It was a young person’s heart attack,” it concluded, a phrase that quickly trended online until censors snuffed it out. “Lulu” 2019-04-01T04:00:00Z Before her wedding day, as Machado expertly builds the atmosphere of foreboding, the narrator notes that, “Brides never fare well in stories. Stories can sense happiness and snuff it out like a candle”. Bite-sized: 50 great short stories, chosen by Hilary Mantel, George Saunders and more 2019-02-02T05:00:00Z Typically, about 1,000 traditional funds and exchange-traded funds snuff it every year, a motley mix of uninspired, goofy, mediocre and dumb ideas with some marketing failures and a few decent-but-unloved performers thrown in. Dipping into the dead pool of funds and ETFs from 2018 2018-12-29T05:00:00Z Every time the Cardinals seemed to gain a bit of momentum, Virginia would snuff it out. Louisville Bows Out of A.C.C. Tournament and Now Waits for a Call 2018-03-08T05:00:00Z Fire officials explained that steep terrain and extreme danger in fighting the Chetco Bar fire’s early stages in the Kalmiopsis Wilderness kept them from snuffing it when it was less than an acre in mid-July. Forest officials explain fire strategy to skeptical public 2017-10-02T04:00:00Z And doing anything other than calling it what it is, defining it and snuffing it out is simply un-American. Perspective | Trump lit the torches of white supremacy in Charlottesville. We must extinguish them. 2017-08-13T04:00:00Z But that didn’t work either, so the next response was an announcement that Facebook was working on a technological fix for the problem: AI programs would find the objectionable stuff and snuff it out. Move fast, Zuckerberg, or hate will kill Facebook | John Naughton 2017-05-28T04:00:00Z In a wide-ranging interview, Dallagnol said the investigation “lives at risk” because of forces trying to snuff it out. Brazil's 'Car Wash' prosecutor says corruption probe to grow 2017-01-26T05:00:00Z He lights it mornings upon arrival and snuffs it nights upon departure. At Western Michigan, P.J. Fleck has brought senses of excitement 2016-11-07T05:00:00Z Not only are you going to snuff it, but you’re going to stay snuffed. Am I going to die? You asked Google – here’s the answer | Phil Daoust 2016-05-25T04:00:00Z The Florida Senate primary, at the end of August, could be an indication that Sanders' spark of progressive revolution can outlive his campaign – or could be the final defeat that snuffs it out. Tuesday’s Biggest Losers: Outsider Democrats 2016-04-27T04:00:00Z But this time Zouma snuffs it out with an astute intervention. Chelsea v Maccabi Tel Aviv: Champions League – as it happened 2015-09-16T04:00:00Z The referee could have snuffed it out with a few choice words. Australia 2-0 Nigeria - as it happened 2015-06-12T04:00:00Z The Chinese government has accused e-commerce titan Alibaba Group Holding Ltd of not paying enough attention to illegal business conducted on its platforms and failing to take effective steps to snuff it out. China regulator blasts Alibaba for illegal business on its sites 2015-01-28T05:00:00Z The minute we glimpse a flicker of hope in the fight against climate change, Republicans in Congress announce their intention to snuff it out. U.S.-China pact is an accord the planet needed So it made for a spot of drama, but Mahan quickly snuffed it with his bogey save. Mahan Wins the Barclays, and Then Gets an Even Better Surprise 2014-08-24T04:00:00Z But this time Zouma snuffs it out with an astute intervention. Chelsea v Maccabi Tel Aviv: Champions League – as it happened 2015-09-16T04:00:00Z The referee could have snuffed it out with a few choice words. Australia 2-0 Nigeria - as it happened 2015-06-12T04:00:00Z Previous African outbreaks have been stopped in their tracks in rural areas, and if air travel brought Ebola to the U.S., public health authorities would snuff it out quickly. Stop Ebola by Building West African Health Systems 2014-08-14T04:00:00Z What finally snuffed it was then-CIA Director George Tenet’s vow to resign. Risky Business: How Obama Might Release a Spy to Salvage Middle East Peace Talks 2014-04-01T04:49:27Z But smuggling has long been part of life in the border regions and villagers who live off the illicit trade say neither the war, nor efforts to tighten security, will snuff it out. Smuggling bonanza on Turkish border as Syrian war drags on 2013-08-23T15:47:12Z When Interest Rates Rise, Stocks Don’t Have to Fall LOW interest rates have helped to fuel the stock market rally, and a climb in rates is eventually expected to snuff it out. Fundamentally: When Interest Rates Rise, Stocks Needn’t Fall 2013-06-01T20:13:48Z Quick to spot a threat, anxious to snuff it out. The Queen of the Cowboys 2013-04-29T08:45:00Z Even when there was a tiny glimmer of hope for the Longhorns, Oklahoma quickly snuffed it out. No. 13 Sooners rout No. 15 Texas 63-21 2012-10-13T20:21:11Z When Washington finally a mounted a rally, he snuffed it immediately. Nationals vs. Braves: Kris Medlen shuts down Washington, which misses a chance to sweep 2012-08-23T03:11:12Z Some one comes and snuffs it out, because it smells. One Day at a Time and Other Talks on Life and Religion 2012-03-31T02:00:20.873Z But he snuffed it out relentlessly, expressed his triumph with a flash of his eye, and went away to bed. Dr. Grenfell's Parish The Deep Sea Fisherman 2012-03-15T02:00:30.867Z By-and-by the candle-wick grew long, and terrified at the prospect of being left in the dark with him, I went to snuff it. Shrewsbury A Romance 2012-03-15T02:00:22.177Z So, saying he did as he had proposed, keeping his hand at a great distance, and taking a large pinch, he snuffed it up with uncommon haste and avidity. Jemima Placid or, The Advantage of Good-Nature 2011-09-25T02:00:16.800Z The breeze, faint though it was, snuffed it out. Nobody's Child 2011-06-29T02:00:24.827Z "Ain't going to snuff it yet; but my arm's broke, and I feel awful sick." From Chart House to Bush Hut Being the Record of a Sailor's 7 Years in the Queensland Bush 2011-06-08T02:00:16.290Z "Dear me, have I been forgetting it?" she said, and snuffed it in a great hurry. Flower, Fruit, and Thorn Pieces; or, the Wedded Life, Death, and Marriage of Firmian Stanislaus Siebenkaes, Parish Advocate in the Burgh of Kuhschnappel. 2011-05-20T02:00:42.297Z Because two things alone Make what we are and live, first Love the flame, And Death the cap that snuffs it. Domesday Book 2011-04-30T02:00:13.397Z But every now and then some unskilful person, in attempting to clip the wick to make it brighter, snuffs it out. The Man Who Pleases and the Woman Who Charms 2011-04-05T02:00:10.347Z He and some other good Church-Criticks make Presbyterianism to be a Sort of Hellebore, if you do but snuff it up in your Nose you run mad immediately. An Essay on Criticism 2011-02-06T03:00:52.167Z The Federal Trade Commission, which recently proposed a "Do Not Track" mechanism that would allow people to surf the Web incognito, quickly promised to snuff it out. Whac-A-Mole 2010-12-30T16:40:00Z I mean, the world gives you many reasons to snuff it, got to admit.” Sam Lipsyte: “The Dungeon Master.” 2010-09-27T04:00:00Z At "parties," they said, when some one of the company would pass round a box full of heroin, inviting them to snuff it. The Opium Monopoly A fresh puff of wind bore a wave of strange scent to the nostrils of the Deer, and our little Calf snuffed it and thought it the most unpleasant that he had ever tasted. The Story of a Red Deer We must bring pressure upon our politicians not to snuff it out by their tacit discouragement merely because they do not happen themselves to understand it. The Revival of Irish Literature Addresses by Sir Charles Gavan Duffy, K.C.M.G, Dr. George Sigerson, and Dr. Douglas Hyde The Mexicans called tobacco yetl, which they not only considered a remedy against toothach, cold in the head, and bowel complaints, but they likewise used it as a luxury, by smoking and snuffing it. The Memoirs of the Conquistador Bernal Diaz del Castillo, Vol 1 (of 2) Written by Himself Containing a True and Full Account of the Discovery and Conquest of Mexico and New Spain. I managed to strike a match, but the wind snuffed it out instantly. A Mountain Boyhood To snuff it, these children, very much as a small boy goes behind the barn to try his first cigarette. The Opium Monopoly The man put the missive to his nose, snuffed it softly, and looked amused, yet displeased. Dr. Sevier Carefully he watched it when it winked its sleepy eye, eagerly begging his mamma to snuff it awake again. Fairy Book One of the youngsters with me, bruising the bracken and snuffing it, said it smelt of almond and cucumber. Waiting for Daylight I shall not describe that exquisite, evanescent universe; even for me 'tis but the bubble of a moment; I soon snuff it out, or of itself it melts in the thin air. More Trivia "He's as like to snuff it, sir," he replied. Wilmshurst of the Frontier Force Somehow he got vaccinated with a desire to learn something, and after he had stripped tobacco, and snuffed it, and got some sense in his head, he began to learn to read. Peck's Uncle Ike and The Red Headed Boy 1899 She stood there a moment, her head thrown back, snuffing the wind as a hind, breaking covert, stands and snuffs it. The History of Sir Richard Calmady A Romance “Don’t distress yourself, my dear fellow; I’ll come up to snuff it.” The Gorilla Hunters I was trying to keep from trouble," grumbled the one who had been at fault; "but something just seemed to snuff it out. The Banner Boy Scouts on a Tour, or, The Mystery of Rattlesnake Mountain But, on the other hand," he said, "are we justified in snuffing it all out? The Master-Knot of Human Fate My wick bath a thief in it, but I can't muster courage to snuff it. The Art Of Writing & Speaking The English Language Word-Study and Composition & Rhetoric He drew the box quickly from his girdle, took a good pinch, offered it to the Grand Vizier, who also snuffed it, and both cried out "Mutabor!" Tales of Wonder Every Child Should Know When taken as snuff it wonderfully impairs and often paralyzing and destroys the Olfactory nerves and deprives one of the sense of smell. Vanity, All Is Vanity A Lecture on Tobacco and its effects He could not manage to snuff it, and it was giving out a horrible stench of paraffin. A Mummer's Tale Already night was stretching long gray, skeleton fingers into the late sunshine, as if to warm them at its glow before snuffing it out. The Motor Maid I snuffed it and snuffed it, but as for eating it, it was burnt through. Old Peter's Russian Tales It would be worth a quarter of a million men to the Allies to strike both north and south across the base of this angle and snuff it out. World's War Events Volume 3 Beginning with the departure of the first American destroyers for service abroad in April, 1917, and closing with the treaties of peace in 1919. Leg it, bo—leg it good, or here's where we snuff it sure! The Definite Object A Romance of New York No, the death damp of his blaspheming carcase is not yet on the air, because if it was," and she turned her nose against the wind, like a hound, "I would snuff it. Valentine M'Clutchy, The Irish Agent The Works of William Carleton, Volume Two With the instinct of its kind it was scraping a little pile of dust together with its toes, snuffing it up in its trunk and blowing it on the bleeding cuts on its lacerated head. The Elephant God Everyone pities His fate, when he's snuffed it, and pity's no good. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 99, November 29, 1890 Leaning over, she blew out the remaining candle and snuffed it. Murder in Any Degree They sleep sound enough, says Deputy, taking the candle out of the blacking-bottle, snuffing it with his fingers, throwing the snuff into the bottle, and corking it up with the candle; that's all I know. Reprinted Pieces I snuffed it off, and, very ill at ease under the influence of cold and lingering nausea, sat up and spread open the injured tome on my knee. Wuthering Heights There was silence for a minute and the light of the Talking Cricket disappeared suddenly, just as if someone had snuffed it out. Adventures of Pinocchio She snuffed it like a racehorse as they shut the door and stood on deck. The Voyage Out He snuffed it, and it made his heart beat wildly—he was out in the country again! The Jungle Then the man pulled out his roll of tobacco again, and lighted his pipe, and gave the old hag such a pinch of snuff it covered the whole back of her hand. Popular Tales from the Norse Poppy smiled as she snuffed it, with a queer mingling of enjoyment and repulsion. The Far Horizon Sometimes he would lay a train of snuff on the back of his hand and snuff it up greedily and voluptuously. Philip Gilbert Hamerton An Autobiography, 1834-1858, and a Memoir by His Wife, 1858-1894 And I saw as clear as daylight how your Reverence took the candle and snuffed it with your fingers, and threw away the snuff among the shavings. Ghosts Later on I learned that she was taking my pulse every few minutes, as I was very weak from the loss of blood and they expected me to snuff it, but I didn't. Over the Top When the candle flared and dripped, Draxy sprang up on the stand, and, poised on one foot, reached over her father's head to snuff it. Saxe Holm's Stories Add a teaspoonful of powdered alum to a cup of water, and snuff it up from the hand. A Practical Physiology He would shoot so as to snuff it. Stories of Great Americans for Little Americans He noticed the petroleum only, I imagine, to snuff it fondly up; but to me the thing served as a symbol of the Italy of the future. Italian Hours Do you suppose he'd have wanted me to snuff it out because it happened to light up a fact he didn't fancy? Tales of Men and Ghosts "In eight days from now p'raps we shall have snuffed it!" Under Fire: the story of a squad She placed the candle on the table, and snuffed it carefully, before she turned round and faced him. North and South The candle wanted snuffing, but he did not snuff it, and he sat on till it had burnt down into the socket and made waves of shadow on the ceiling. A Changed Man; and other tales Meanwhile the good saint, before he could move into the air, had, among the tapers and the tinsel, the opera-music and the pulpit poundings, bravely to snuff it up. Italian Hours So he picked it up and snuffed it with his fingers, and held it aloof, much as Robinson Crusoe held the brand in the dark cavern with the dead goat. The Midnight Queen He took up the candle, snuffed it as he best could, and approached the woman. Robert Falconer But I saw quite distinctly your reverence take a candle and snuff it with your fingers and throw away the burning bit of wick among the shavings. Ghosts So we went up from the date-palm to deodar, till the dawn wind came round a corner all fresh from the snows, and we snuffed it. The Day's Work - Part 01 This candle burns not clear: 'tis I must snuff it; Then out it goes. King Henry VIII |
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