单词 | snagged |
释义 | snaggedadj. 1. a. Having projecting points or jagged protuberances; jagged, ragged. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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). < adj.1658 |
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