英语词源
- snuff-box (n.)
- 1680s, from snuff (n.) + box (n.1).
权威例句
- 1. The recent rebound in mortgage rates could snuff out the housing recovery.
- 抵押贷款利率最近的回升可能会扼杀房地产的复苏。
- 2. He thought he was about to snuff it.
- 他觉得自己快要咽气了。
- 3. You've got the power. You can do anything you want. You can snuff him out or not.
- 你已经大权在握，可以为所欲为了。你可以灭了他，也可以不这么做。
- 4. The art of decorating snuff bottles from the inside originated in Beijing.
- 内画壶是鼻烟壶的一种.内画技艺起源于北京.
- 5. Greedy heirs waited for the old man to snuff out.
- 贪心的继承人等待着老头断气.