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Antonia Posted 21 years ago
Vocabulary
Catch a whiff
Hi!
Does it mean to sniff in order to feel the smell or the smell comes by itself to you and you feel it.
Here's the context:
''What's that smell? X interrupted.
Y sniffed the body. 'Clorox?' she asked.
X caught anotehr whiff. 'Bleach,' she confirmed.
Thank you
Does it mean to sniff in order to feel the smell or the smell comes by itself to you and you feel it.
Here's the context:
''What's that smell? X interrupted.
Y sniffed the body. 'Clorox?' she asked.
X caught anotehr whiff. 'Bleach,' she confirmed.
Thank you
Top answer
A "whiff" is a smell; here it's a smell emanating from the body. I think that Y sniffs on purpose X simply catches the smell coming from the body, X is passive. )
- A "whiff" is a smell; here it's a smell emanating from the body.
- I think that Y sniffs on purpose X simply catches the smell coming from the body, X is passive.
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A "whiff" is a smell; here it's a smell emanating from the body.
I think that
Y sniffs on purpose
X simply catches the smell coming from the body, X is passive.
(it's a bit hard to explain!)
I think that
Y sniffs on purpose
X simply catches the smell coming from the body, X is passive.
(it's a bit hard to explain!)
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Hi Antonia and Pieanne,
Pieanne is right about the passiveness of "whiff". If you sniff something, you want to get the smell coming from it. But when you get/catch a whiff of something, you just smell it because it is in the air.
Here is a good explenation from the Cobuild:
If there is a whiff of a particular smell, you smell it only slightly or for a brief period of time, for exam
Pieanne is right about the passiveness of "whiff". If you sniff something, you want to get the smell coming from it. But when you get/catch a whiff of something, you just smell it because it is in the air.
Here is a good explenation from the Cobuild:
If there is a whiff of a particular smell, you smell it only slightly or for a brief period of time, for exam
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