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 （表示气愤或被逗乐）喷鼻息，哼 The horse snorted and tossed its head. 马打了个响鼻儿，晃晃脑袋。 - snort with something
to snort with laughter 扑哧一声笑了 - snort in something
She snorted in disgust. 她厌恶地哼了一声。 - + speech
‘You!’ he snorted contemptuously. “你！” 他轻蔑地哼了一声。
Extra ExamplesTopics Animalsc2He snorted indignantly and walked away. 他气愤地哼了一声，走开了。 She snorted at his suggestion. 对于他的建议，她只哼了一声。 He snorted with derision. 他嘲笑地哼了一声。 Calvin snorted in disbelief. 卡尔文怀疑地哼了一声。
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.