名詞 whiff:

1. a short light gust of air
   同義詞：puff, puff of air
2. a lefteye flounder found in coastal waters from New England to Brazil
3. a strikeout resulting from the batter swinging at and missing the ball for the third strike

動詞 whiff:

1. perceive by inhaling through the nose
   同義詞：sniff
2. drive or carry as if by a puff of air
3. strike out by swinging and missing the pitch charged as the third
4. smoke and exhale strongly
   同義詞：puff
5. utter with a puff of air

1. A whiff of ether will put you out in a few seconds.
   一劑乙醚幾秒鐘后就會使你失去知覺。
2. The interview went better than I thought it would. Sometimes I thought I caught a whiff of hostility in her answers but she behaved very reasonably on the whole.
   面談進(jìn)行得比我原來想象的要好。有時我意識到她答語中有敵意，但總的看來，她舉止極為得體。
3. I caught a whiff of perfume as she swept past me.
   她從我身邊走過時，我聞到一股香水味。

whiff

n.（名詞）
A slight, gentle gust of air; a waft:
一陣輕而溫柔的風(fēng)；一陣：
例句：
a whiff of cool air.
一陣涼風(fēng)

A brief, passing odor carried in the air:
一陣氣味：大氣中攜帶的短暫、一時的氣味：
例句：
a whiff of perfume.
一陣香水味

A minute trace:
略微痕跡：
例句：
.Humanity is unregenerable and hates the language of conformity, since conformity has a whiff of the inhuman about it.(Anthony Burgess)
.人性是不能改造也無發(fā)統(tǒng)一的，并且一致性本身帶有不人道的意味.(安東尼·伯吉斯)

An inhalation, as of air or smoke:
一吸：吸入空氣或煙霧：
例句：
Take a whiff of this pipe.
抽一口這煙斗

Baseball A strikeout.
【棒球】 三振出局
v.（動詞）
whiffed,whiff.ing,whiffs
v.intr.（不及物動詞）
To be carried in brief gusts; waft:
輕吹，輕拂；噴出：
例句：
puffs of smoke whiffing from the chimney.
一陣陣的煙從煙囪里噴出來

Sports To swing at and miss a ball or puck.
【體育運動】 未擊中球
Baseball To strike out. Used of a batter.
【棒球】 三振出局：三擊不中出局。用于指棒球擊球手
v.tr.（及物動詞）
To blow or convey in whiffs.
吹送，一陣陣噴出
To inhale through the nose; sniff:
用鼻吸；嗅：
例句：
a dog whiffing the air.
一條嗅著空氣的狗

Baseball To strike out (a batter).
【棒球】 使三擊不中的棒球擊球員出局

來源：
Perhaps alteration of Middle English weffe [offensive smell]
可能為 中古英語 weffe的變化 [刺鼻的氣味]

【引伸】
whiff.er
n.（名詞）