sneeze
verb [ I ] uk/sniːz/ us/sniːz/
B2 打喷嚏
When you sneeze, air and often small drops of liquid suddenly come out of your nose and mouth in a way you cannot control.
Cats make him sneeze - I think he's allergic to them. 猫会使他打喷嚏——我想他对猫过敏。
- More examples
- My nose is tickling, I think I'm going to sneeze.
- I keep sneezing - I hope I'm not getting a cold.
- This pepper is making me sneeze.
- He sneezed loudly into his hankie.
- She handed me a tissue just as I sneezed.
Idiom
not to be sneezed atidiom informal (also nothing to sneeze at) （尤指某笔钱款）不可轻视，不是个小数目
If you say that something, especially an amount of money, is not to be sneezed at, you mean that it is a large enough amount to be worth having.
Well, a five percent pay increase means an extra $700 a year, which is not to be sneezed at! 嗯，加薪5％意味着每年多出700美元的收入，这可不是笔小钱啊！
sneeze
noun [ C ] uk/sniːz/ us/sniːz/
喷嚏
an act or sound of sneezing
He has all the classic symptoms of a cold - the coughs and sneezes and the sore throat. 他具备感冒的所有典型症状——咳嗽、打喷嚏和嗓子疼。