up to snuff: of sufficient quality : meeting an applicable standard.자격(자질)이 충분한. 자격조건을 갖춘. 요구되는 척도나 기준에 맞는.

up to snuff . 자격(자질)이 충분한. 자격조건을 갖춘. 요구되는 척도나 기준에 맞는. 

 

 

snuff noun (1)

 

 

Definition of snuff (Entry 1 of 6)

1: the charred part of a candlewick

 

2aobsolete : UMBRAGE, OFFENSE

bchiefly Scotland : HUFF

snuff verb (1)

snuffed; snuffing; snuffs

 

 

 

Definition of snuff (Entry 2 of 6)

transitive verb

 

1: to crop the snuff of (a candle) by pinching or by the use of snuffers so as to brighten the light

 

 

2a: to extinguish by or as if by the use of a candlesnuffer —often used with out

 

b: to make extinct : put an end to —usually used with out

 

snuffed out their hopes

also : KILL, EXECUTE

 

snuffed the bad guys

snuff it

 

 

British

: DIE

 

 

snuff adjective

Definition of snuff (Entry 3 of 6)

 

 

: characterized by the sensationalistic depiction of violence

especially : featuring a real rather than a staged murder

 

snuff movies

 

 

snuff verb (2)

snuffed; snuffing; snuffs

 

Definition of snuff (Entry 4 of 6)

transitive verb

 

1: to draw forcibly through or into the nostrils

2: SCENT, SMELL

3: to sniff at in order to examine —used of an animal

intransitive verb

 

 

1: to inhale through the nose noisily and forcibly

also : to sniff or smell inquiringly

 

2obsolete : to sniff loudly in or as if in disgust

 

3: to take snuff

 

 

 

snuff noun (2)

 

 

Definition of snuff (Entry 5 of 6)

: the act of snuffing : SNIFF

 

 

snuff noun (3)

Definition of snuff (Entry 6 of 6)

 

 

1: a preparation of pulverized tobacco to be inhaled through the nostrils, chewed, or placed against the gums

 

2: the amount of snuff taken at one time

 

up to snuff

: of sufficient quality : meeting an applicable standard