| 释义 |
ˈsnever, a. dial.
[ad. ON. snǽfr (stem snǽfr-, MSw. snäfr-, Da. snæver; also MSw. snäfw-, Sw. snäf, Norw. snæv, snøv) narrow, tight.]
Narrow; slender, slight; neat.
1640R. Brathwait Lanc. Lovers iv. 18 We han store of goodly Cattell;..peepe here and peepe there, aw the wide dale is but snever to them. 1674Ray N.C. Words 43 A Snever-spawt, a slender stripling. 1691Ibid. (ed. 2) 66 Snever, slender: an usual Word. 1788W. H. Marshall Yorksh. II. 354 Snevver, slender and neat. 1855[Robinson] Whitby Gloss. s.v., Snever, Sneever. |