snuff

éteindre

Faire cesser la combustion d’une bougie ou d’une flamme.

En anglais simple : To stop a candle or flame from burning.

• Please snuff the candle.
• She snuffed out the flame before leaving.
• He snuffed the candles and went upstairs.

Comment l'utiliser : snuff out something / snuff something out (She snuffed the candle out.)

Synonymes : put out, extinguish

Contraires : light, ignite

Expressions courantes : snuff a candle, snuff out, snuff the flame

aspirer, renifler

Faire entrer de l’air ou une substance par le nez.

En anglais simple : To draw air or a substance into your nose.

• He snuffed the cold air.
• She snuffed a little tobacco from her hand.
• The dog snuffed at the unfamiliar scent.

Synonymes : sniff, inhale

Expressions courantes : snuff tobacco, snuff the air

tabac à priser

Tabac réduit en poudre que l’on aspire par le nez.

En anglais simple : Tobacco made into a powder that people take into their nose.

• He kept snuff in a small box.
• She took a pinch of snuff and sneezed.
• The shop sold pipes and snuff.

Expressions courantes : take snuff, pinch of snuff, snuff box

mèche brûlée

Partie noire et brûlée de la mèche d’une bougie.

En anglais simple : The black, burnt part of the string inside a candle.

• She trimmed the snuff from the candle.
• Black snuff fell onto the table.
• He removed the snuff before lighting the candle again.

Expressions courantes : candle snuff, trim the snuff