snub
英 [sn?b]
美[sn?b]
- vt. 冷落；嚴(yán)厲斥責(zé)；掐滅
- n. 冷落；斥責(zé)；突然的停止
- adj. 制動(dòng)用的；短扁上翹的
GRE低頻詞TEM8擴(kuò)展詞匯
詞態(tài)變化
第三人稱單數(shù):?snubs;過去式:?snubbed;過去分詞:?snubbed;現(xiàn)在分詞:?snubbing;形容詞:?snub-nosed;
助記提示
1. snip => snub.
中文詞源
snub 鼻子短平而上翹的，冷落，怠慢
可能來自輔音叢 sn-,鼻子，聞，嗅，發(fā)鼻音，比較 sneer,snore,snicker,sniff,snuff.用于指短平 而上翹的的鼻子，引申動(dòng)詞詞義冷落，怠慢等。
英文詞源
- snub (v.)
- mid-14c., "to check, reprove, rebuke," from Old Norse snubba "to curse, chide, snub, scold, reprove." The ground sense is perhaps "to cut off," and the word probably is related to snip. Compare Swedish snobba "lop off, snuff (a candle)," Old Norse snubbotr "snubbed, nipped, with the tip cut off." Meaning "treat coldly" appeared early 18c. Related: Snubbed; snubbing.
- snub (adj.)
- "short and turned up," 1725, in snub-nosed, from snub (v.). The connecting notion is of being "cut short."
- snub (n.)
- "rebuke, intentional slight," 1530s, from snub (v.).
雙語例句
- 1. Ryan took it as a snub.
- 瑞安覺得這是一種怠慢。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. He took the opportunity to deliver us another snub.
- 他借機(jī)再次冷落我們.
來自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》
- 3. The German move was widely seen as a deliberate snub to Mr Cook.
- 德國(guó)方面的舉動(dòng)被普遍視為對(duì)庫(kù)克先生的有意怠慢。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. His cancellation of the concert was seen as a deliberate snub to the organizers.
- 他取消了演唱會(huì),這被認(rèn)為是對(duì)主辦者的刻意抵制.
來自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》
- 5. He nested his snub face on the sheets beside her and they cried together.
- 他挨著她把扁臉貼在床單上,兩人哭作一團(tuán).
來自辭典例句