Snap
[snæp]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) the act of snapping the fingers; movement of a finger from the tip to the base of the thumb on the same hand; 'he gave his fingers a snap'.
(noun.) a fastener used on clothing; fastens with a snapping sound; 'children can manage snaps better than buttons'.
(noun.) a sudden breaking.
(noun.) the noise produced by the rapid movement of a finger from the tip to the base of the thumb on the same hand; 'servants appeared at the snap of his fingers'.
(noun.) a spell of cold weather; 'a cold snap in the middle of May'.
(verb.) break suddenly and abruptly, as under tension; 'The pipe snapped'.
(verb.) close with a snapping motion; 'The lock snapped shut'.
(verb.) utter in an angry, sharp, or abrupt tone; 'The sales clerk snapped a reply at the angry customer'; 'The guard snarled at us'.
(verb.) cause to make a snapping sound; 'snap your fingers'.
(verb.) put in play with a snap; 'snap a football'.
(verb.) bring the jaws together; 'he snapped indignantly'.
(verb.) move or strike with a noise; 'he clicked on the light'; 'his arm was snapped forward'.
(verb.) move with a snapping sound; 'bullets snapped past us'.
(verb.) make a sharp sound; 'his fingers snapped'.
布兰奇手打--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) To break at once; to break short, as substances that are brittle.
(n.) To strike, to hit, or to shut, with a sharp sound.
(n.) To bite or seize suddenly, especially with the teeth.
(n.) To break upon suddenly with sharp, angry words; to treat snappishly; -- usually with up.
(n.) To crack; to cause to make a sharp, cracking noise; as, to snap a whip.
(n.) To project with a snap.
(v. i.) To break short, or at once; to part asunder suddenly; as, a mast snaps; a needle snaps.
(v. i.) To give forth, or produce, a sharp, cracking noise; to crack; as, blazing firewood snaps.
(v. i.) To make an effort to bite; to aim to seize with the teeth; to catch eagerly (at anything); -- often with at; as, a dog snapsat a passenger; a fish snaps at the bait.
(v. i.) To utter sharp, harsh, angry words; -- often with at; as, to snap at a child.
(v. i.) To miss fire; as, the gun snapped.
(v. t.) A sudden breaking or rupture of any substance.
(v. t.) A sudden, eager bite; a sudden seizing, or effort to seize, as with the teeth.
(v. t.) A sudden, sharp motion or blow, as with the finger sprung from the thumb, or the thumb from the finger.
(v. t.) A sharp, abrupt sound, as that made by the crack of a whip; as, the snap of the trigger of a gun.
(v. t.) A greedy fellow.
(v. t.) That which is, or may be, snapped up; something bitten off, seized, or obtained by a single quick movement; hence, a bite, morsel, or fragment; a scrap.
(v. t.) A sudden severe interval or spell; -- applied to the weather; as, a cold snap.
(v. t.) A small catch or fastening held or closed by means of a spring, or one which closes with a snapping sound, as the catch of a bracelet, necklace, clasp of a book, etc.
(v. t.) A snap beetle.
(v. t.) A thin, crisp cake, usually small, and flavored with ginger; -- used chiefly in the plural.
(v. t.) Briskness; vigor; energy; decision.
(v. t.) Any circumstance out of which money may be made or an advantage gained.
杰弗里校對
同義詞及近義詞:
v. a. [1]. Break short, break short off.[2]. Bite, seize, catch at, snatch at, snap at.[3]. Crack (as a whip).
v. n. [1]. Break short.[2]. Crackle, decrepitate, crepitate.
n. [1]. Bite, catch, seizure.[2]. Clasp, fastening.[3]. Crack (as of a whip).[4]. [Colloquial.] Force, energy.
編輯:莉莉
解釋/意思:
v.t. to break short or at once: to bite or catch at suddenly: to crack: to interrupt sharply (often with up): to shut with a sharp sound: to take an instantaneous photograph of esp. with a hand camera.—v.i. to break short: to try to bite: to utter sharp words (with at): to flash:—pr.p. snap′ping; pa.t. and pa.p. snapped.—n. act of snapping or the noise made by it: a small catch or lock: a hasty repast a snack: a crack the spring-catch of a bracelet &c. an earring: a crisp kind of gingerbread nut or cake: crispness pithiness epigrammatic point or force: vigour energy: (slang) a brief theatrical engagement an easy and profitable place or task: a sharper a cheat: a riveter's tool also a glass-moulder's tool: the act of taking a snapshot.—adj. sudden unpremeditated without preparation.—ns. Snap′dragon a plant so called because the lower lip of the corolla when parted shuts with a snap like a dragon's jaw: a Christmas pastime in which raisins are snatched out of a dish in which brandy is burning in a room otherwise dark—also the raisins so taken; Snap′per; Snap′per-up (Shak.) one who snaps up; Snap′ping-tur′tle a large fresh-water tortoise of the United States—from its habit of snapping at things.—adjs. Snap′pish Snap′py inclined to snap: eager to bite: sharp in reply.—adv. Snap′pishly in a snappish manner: peevishly: tartly.—ns. Snap′pishness; Snap′shot an instantaneous photograph.
整理:罗伯塔
娱乐性解釋/意思:
A brisk, energetic quality that enables a man with ginger to take the cake.
錄入:罗莎莉
例句/造句/用法:
- All I mean to say is, I shall give myself no particular trouble to catch them; but if one falls in my way---- You'll snap him up, of course. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- Pull it farther back and let it snap lightly forward,' the _civil_ said, and I have never heard such a tone of voice. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 喪鐘為誰而鳴.
- And I'd rather have it than any title such as girls snap up so readily, and find nothing behind. 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
- But he'll flourish here, and everywhere,' said Rigaud, with an exulting look and snap of his fingers. 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
- Each burner is operated by an indicating snap switch which has three separate heats, full, medium and low; medium being one-half of full and low one-half of medium. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- This time his skill was greater or his tool was better, for there was a sudden snap and the creak of the hinges. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歸來記.
- With those words, and a final snap of his fingers, Mr. Stryver shouldered himself into Fleet-street, amidst the general approbation of his hearers. 查理斯·狄更斯. 雙城記.
- The way she snapped a person's head off, dear me! 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
- The slim, bare, copper wire snapped on the least provocation, and the circuit was down for thirty-six days in the first six months. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- With this, Mr. Price snapped his fingers contemptuously, and rang the bell. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- One hinge snapped, then the other, and down came the door with a crash. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯回憶錄.
- Pablo pulled and let go as the man had told him and the block snapped forward into place and the pistol was cocked with the hammer back. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 喪鐘為誰而鳴.
- Then the bridge blew and one horse snapped his halter when he rose and jerked his head at the cracking roar and he went off through the trees. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 喪鐘為誰而鳴.
- Edward Muybridge, an Englishman, by way of experiment, placed numerous cameras at regular intervals about the track, which, by electrical contact, were snapped by the horse in passing. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- Her cross-grained pet greyhound was in the room, and I fully expected a barking and snapping reception. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- As a result it was no uncommon thing to see bright sparks snapping between the chandelier and the lighting wires during a sharp thunder-storm. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- I can't bear you to call her that,' returned Miss Wren, snapping her fingers in a volley of impatient snaps, 'for I don't like Hexam. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- They haven't no more philosophy nor political economy about 'em than that,' said the beadle, snapping his fingers contemptuously. 查理斯·狄更斯. 霧都孤兒.
- To be anxious about a soul that is always snapping at you must be left to the saints of the earth; and Mary was not one of them. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- I can't bear you to call her that,' returned Miss Wren, snapping her fingers in a volley of impatient snaps, 'for I don't like Hexam. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- In a trice Mr. Bucket snaps a handcuff on her wrist. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- He was in that highly-charged state that one might have expected to draw sparks and snaps from him by presenting a knuckle to any part of his figure. 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
- With these last words she snaps her teeth together as if her mouth closed with a spring. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
編輯:桑德拉