snuff
意味
- くんくんとかぐこと
- かぎたばこ
- …をくんくんかぐ(sniff);…を鼻から吸う
- (…を)くんくんかぐ《+at+名》
- 〈ろうそくなど〉のしんを切る
- 死ぬ,終わる
例文
Apparently my anti-virus software is not up to snuff.
私のウイルス対策用ソフトウエアは不良品でした。
I feel not quite up to snuff when I meet my relatives.
私なんか、親戚に会うと引け目を感じてしまうわ。
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
Late Middle English, from Middle Dutch snuffen (“to snuff, sniff, snuffle”). Related to Dutch snuiven (“to sniff”), Middle Low German snûve (“pose, head-cold”), German Schnupfen (“head-cold”). The noun is probably from Dutch snuf (“snuff”), an abbreviation of snuftabak, snuiftabak (“snuff”). Related to sniff (compare Dutch snuffen (“snuff”), German schnupf (“snuff”), French schnouff (“junk”)).