Snuffle

(noun.) the act of breathing heavily through the nose (as when the nose is congested).

(verb.) snuff up mucus through the nose.

录入:萨姆纳

• But when he begins to put on a long face, and snuffle, and quote Scripture, I incline to think he isn't much better than he should be. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• Mr. Raffles ended with a jocose snuffle: no man felt his intellect more superior to religious cant. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• Go when you will, you find somebody snuffling over that tomb. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• I must say for Mr. Guppy that the snuffling manner he had had upon him improved very much. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.

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