| 释义 |
snipy, a.|ˈsnaɪpɪ|
Also snipey, Sc. snipie.
[f. snipe n.]
1. Characterized by having a long pointed nose or muzzle suggestive of a snipe's bill. Also Comb.
1825Jamieson Suppl., Snipie-nebbit, having a nose resembling a snipe's neb or bill. 1884G. Stables Our Friend the Dog vii, Snipey—Applied to the muzzle when peaked like a fox's. 1902Fur & Feather 19 Sept. 232/3 Brindle [cavy] with white blaze,..rather snipy. 1904H. Compton 20th Century Dog II. 341 The long-legged, snipy-faced,..flat-sided specimens.
2. Resembling a snipe; snipe-like.
1888Lees & Clutterbuck B.C. 1887 xvii. (1892) 183 In flight they [dowitchers] were not so snipey as the genuine article.
3. Frequented by snipe.
1903Blackw. Mag. Sept. 368/1 The chief characteristics of this essentially snipey tract. |