snort
verb- [intransitive, transitive]
to make a loud sound by breathing air out noisily through your nose, especially to show that you are angry or think something is silly （表示氣憤或被逗樂）噴鼻息，哼 The horse snorted and tossed its head. 馬打了個響鼻兒，晃晃腦袋。 - snort with something
to snort with laughter 撲哧一聲笑了 - snort in something
She snorted in disgust. 她厭惡地哼了一聲。 - + speech
‘You!’ he snorted contemptuously. “你！” 他輕蔑地哼了一聲。
Extra ExamplesTopics Animalsc2He snorted indignantly and walked away. 他氣憤地哼了一聲，走開了。 She snorted at his suggestion. 對於他的建議，她只哼了一聲。 He snorted with derision. 他嘲笑地哼了一聲。 Calvin snorted in disbelief. 卡爾文懷疑地哼了一聲。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- loudly
- softly
- angrily
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- at
- in
- with
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- [transitive] snort something
to take drugs by breathing them in through the nose 用鼻子吸（毒品） to snort cocaine 吸可卡因
Word Originlate Middle English (as a verb, also in the sense ‘snore’): probably imitative; compare with snore. The noun dates from the early 19th cent.