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单词 snagged
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snaggedadj.

/ˈsnaɡd/
Etymology: < snag n.1 or snag v.2
1.
a. Having projecting points or jagged protuberances; jagged, ragged.
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the world > space > shape > unevenness > projection or prominence > [adjective] > having rough projections
snaggy1581
snagged1658
the world > space > shape > unevenness > projection or prominence > sharp unevenness > [adjective]
roughOE
snaggy1581
toothy1611
jagged1651
snagged1658
jaggy1717
splintery1829
snaggled1938
1658 J. Rowland tr. T. Moffett Theater of Insects in Topsell's Hist. Four-footed Beasts (rev. ed.) 964 The edge of the wings like the Bats snagged, and as it were prickly.
1662 H. More Antidote against Atheism (ed. 3) ii. iii. §5 in Coll. Philos. Writings (ed. 2) Howlings and shoutings of poor naked men belabouring one another with snag'd sticks.
1744 Philos. Trans. 1740–41 (Royal Soc.) 41 563 The Roch, or snagged Wheel, being herein accounted as Part of the great Wheel.
1791 W. Bartram California 247 Having provided ourselves with a long snagged sapling, called an Indian ladder.
1898 Westm. Gaz. 9 Apr. 1/3 By this time his trouser knees were torn in snagged rents.
b. Of teeth: = snaggled adj. 1. Obsolete. rare.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.
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the world > life > the body > digestive or excretive organs > digestive organs > mouth > types or spec. teeth > [adjective] > broken or irregular
snaggle-toothed1585
saw-toothed1588
snagged1688
snaggy1703
snaggled1884
1688 G. Miege Great French Dict. ii. sig. Qqq 3/1 A snagged Tooth, that does not stand even.
2. Caught or impaled upon a snag. Also figurative.
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the world > movement > absence of movement > [adjective] > rendered immobile or held fast > hampered or obstructed
intercepted1700
lumbered1745
clogged1774
snagged1851
society > travel > travel by water > shipwreck > [adjective] > caught or impaled on obstruction
snagged1851
the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > types or manners of hindrance > [adjective] > entangling or confining > entangled or confined > caught on an obstruction
snagged1851
the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > [adjective] > hindered
interrupt1412
letteda1425
hindered1644
impedite1662
embarrassed1677
obstructed1749
entrammelled1822
tucked up1888
snagged1977
1851 E. S. Wortley Trav. in U.S. I. xix. 208 In the papers will you often see whole columns, headed, ‘Snagged’, containing a melancholy list of boats.
1867 A. D. Richardson Beyond Mississippi i. 21 A snagged steamer.
1872 C. King Mountaineering in Sierra Nevada viii. 174 I made a dash for the snagged mule.
1930 D. Runyon in Collier's 22 Mar. 53/1 Basil is snagged if ever I see a guy snagged, and personally I do not blame him, because Miss Harriet Mackyle may not look like a million, but she has a couple.
1977 Time 3 Jan. 34/1 The talks have been snagged for months on how to deal with two new weapons.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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