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sneeze

verb
🔊/sniːz/
🔊/sniːz/
[intransitive]
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they sneeze
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he / she / it sneezes
🔊/ˈsniːzɪz/
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past simple sneezed
🔊/sniːzd/
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past participle sneezed
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-ing form sneezing
🔊/ˈsniːzɪŋ/
🔊/ˈsniːzɪŋ/
Idioms
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  1. to have air come suddenly and noisily out through your nose and mouth in a way that you cannot control, for example because you have a cold打喷嚏
    • I've been sneezing all morning.我一上午老是打喷嚏。🔊🔊
    Extra Examples
    • She suddenly felt the urge to sneeze.她突然想打喷嚏。
    • Someone sneezed loudly at the back of the hall.有人在礼堂后面大声地打喷嚏。
    • The smoke reached her and made her sneeze.烟飘过来，搞得她直打喷嚏。
    • Viruses can be spread through coughing and sneezing.病毒可以通过咳嗽和打喷嚏传播。
    Topics Illnessb2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb
    • loudly
    • violently
    • uncontrollably
    • …
    verb + sneeze
    • cause somebody to
    • make somebody
    preposition
    • on
    phrases
    • coughing and sneezing
    • the urge to sneeze
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    Word OriginMiddle English: apparently an alteration of Middle English fnese due to misreading or misprinting (after initial fn- had become unfamiliar), later adopted because it sounded appropriate.
Idioms
not to be sneezed/sniffed at
  1. (informal) good enough to be accepted or considered seriously值得认真对待；不可轻视
    • In those days, $20 was not a sum to be sneezed at.那时候，20 美元可不能不当回事。🔊🔊

sneeze

noun
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  1. the act of sneezing or the noise you make when you sneeze喷嚏；喷嚏声
    • coughs and sneezes咳嗽和喷嚏
    • She gave a violent sneeze.她打了个大喷嚏。🔊🔊
    Topics Illnessb2
    Word OriginMiddle English: apparently an alteration of Middle English fnese due to misreading or misprinting (after initial fn- had become unfamiliar), later adopted because it sounded appropriate.