| 单词 | snivel | 
| 释义 | sniveln. 1.   a.  Mucus collected in, or issuing from, the nose. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > secretory organs > secretion > mucus > 			[noun]		 > of nose snivel14.. snotc1425 snottery1598 snuffings1598 snotter1787 α.  β. 1519    W. Horman Vulgaria iii. f. 28v  				Thy nose is full of snyuell.1548    T. Cooper Bibliotheca Eliotæ 		(rev. ed.)	  				Mucosus, snattye,..fulle of sniuyll.1593    G. Harvey Pierces Supererogation 152  				I will..squise thy braine to sniuell, whereof it was curdled.1621    R. Burton Anat. Melancholy  iii. ii. v. iii. 645  				Snot and sneuill in her nostrils, spittle in her mouth.1682    Modest Enq. Election Sheriffs London 46  				I will sooner worship the Sun, than..the Snot and Snivel of Loyala's Nose.1739    ‘R. Bull’ tr.  F. Dedekind Grobianus 11  				If with your Elbow you wipe off the Snivel, No Man alive shall be esteem'd more civil.1871    R. Ellis tr.  Catullus Poems xxiii. 17  				Thee sweat frets not,..Frets not snivel or oozy rheumy nostril.14..    Parts Body in  T. Wright  & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. 631  				Pus nasi, snevel of þe nose. c1450    Jacob's Well 		(1900)	 247  				Wype wyth þi tunge oute of my nase þe snevyl þat hangyth þer-inne. 1530    J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 272/1  				Snevyll whan it hangeth at ones nose, rovpie, boe. 1540    J. Palsgrave tr.  G. Gnapheus Comedye of Acolastus sig. Ij  				He wolde throwe the sneuyll of his nose into it. 1626    N. Breton Pasquils Mad-cap xi  				As sower, As beldam's milke that turned with her sneuill. 1671    W. Salmon Synopsis Medicinæ  i. liv. 136  				Without avoiding any thing, except bloody or filthy Matter, like Snevil.  b.  A condition of the nose marked by the accumulation of mucus. Also  the snivels. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > discharge or flux > 			[noun]		 > mucus discharge > condition of nose snottiness1530 snivel1600 snuffliness1862 1600    R. Surflet tr.  C. Estienne  & J. Liébault Maison Rustique  i. xxviii. 188  				For the sniuell, take orpin and brimstone [etc.]. 1844    Lowson Mod. Farrier 209  				This affection is termed the snores or snivels. 1877    F. Ross  et al.  Gloss. Words Holderness 132/1  				Snivels, a cold, accompanied by a difficulty of breathing, and a running at the nose. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > organs of excretion > excretions > slaver > 			[noun]		 > spittle spattlec897 spoldOE spattlingc1000 speche?c1225 spita1300 spittinga1300 spotec1350 spittle1481 spettlea1500 salivation1601 spawlings1614 spawl1647 expectoration1650 snivel1698 slabber1718 outspitting1870 1698    Philos. Trans. 		(Royal Soc.)	 20 50  				The Snivel or Drivel that comes from the Mouth of a Dog..when mad. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > liquid > moisture or humidity > 			[noun]		 > on herbage, from rain snivel1693 water-wet1775 1693    J. Evelyn tr.  J. de La Quintinie Compl. Gard'ner  ii. vi. iv. 195  				Grounds..that being colder and stronger or heavier, easily infect them [lettuces] with slimy Snivel [= ‘a sort of rotting moisture, hanging about some plants’].  4.   a.  A slight sniff indicating, or intended to suggest, suppressed emotion. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > respiratory organs > breathing > inhalation > 			[noun]		 > through nose snoachinga1387 sniftingc1430 snivellingc1430 snuffing1540 sniffing1575 snuffling1580 snufflea1764 sniff1767 snuff1822 sniftera1835 sniffling1836 snivel1847 sniffle1880 the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > weeping > 			[noun]		 > snivelling > snivel snivel1847 1847    C. Dickens Dombey & Son 		(1848)	 xxxix. 390  				Rob..took up the pieces one by one, with a sob and a snivel for each. 1866    ‘S. Gilpin’ Songs & Ballads of Cumberland 280  				Sae wi' snuffs an' sneevils [he] Rair't out. 1890    Daily News 18 Feb. 5/2  				A carefully arranged and expressive ‘snivel’ is regarded as their most valuable acquirement.  b.  A show or pretence of emotion; hypocritical expression of feeling. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > affected behaviour or affectation > 			[noun]		 > affected emotion seraphicism1676 snivel1878 1878    E. Jenkins Haverholme 194  				Lords and ladies..penned elegiacs to his praise in tears and snivel. 1886    St. James's Gaz. 9 Feb. (Cassell)  				The cant and snivel of which we have seen so much of late. Compounds  attributive and in other combinations, as  snivel-bottle,  snivel-guts,  snivel-monger,  snivel-nose. ΚΠ 1690    J. Dryden Amphitryon  iii. 32  				A receiv'd Opinion, Snivel-guts. 1771    Exmoor Scolding 		(ed. 7)	 (Gloss.)  				Snibble-nose, or rather Snivel-nose, One who snuffs up the Snot. 1792    J. Wolcot Epist. to Sir W. Hamilton in  Wks. 		(1812)	 III. 185  				More snivel-bottles, jordens, and old jugs. 1896    A. Morrison Child of Jago 149  				He preferred the frank rogue before the calculating snivel-monger. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online December 2021). snivelv. 1.   a.  intransitive. To run at the nose; to emit mucus from the nose; also, to draw up mucus audibly. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > organs of excretion > excretion of mucus > excrete mucus			[verb (intransitive)]		 > from nose snivelc1325 sniffc1340 snotter1781 the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > discharge or flux > discharge			[verb (intransitive)]		 > run at nose snivelc1325 c1325    Gloss. W. de Bibbesw. in  Wright Voc. 173  				Ely autre ne pout parler Une parole sanz nasyer, [glossed] snevelet, snyvele. a1450    Langland's P. Pl. B. v. 135  		(Bodl. 814)	  				Now awakiþ wratthe, wiþ two white eiȝen, And sneuelyng wiþ his nose. 1483    Cath. Angl. 347/1  				To Snyvelle, naricare. 1508    W. Kennedy Flyting 		(Chepman & Myllar)	 in  Poems W. Dunbar 		(1998)	 I. 218  				Out, out, I schout, apon that snowt that snevillis. a1529    J. Skelton Magnyfycence 		(?1530)	 sig. Fiv  				The snyte snyueled in the snowte, & smyled at ye game. 1631    B. Jonson Bartholmew Fayre  ii. v. 26 in  Wks. II  				Dos't so, snotty nose? good Lord! are you sniueling? a1644    F. Quarles Virgin Widow 		(1649)	  ii  				Must I be still yawling, and calling,..whilst y'are..potting, and piping, and driveling and sniveling! a1722    E. Lisle Observ. Husbandry 		(1757)	 319  				When they are sheared they catch cold, and will be glandered, and snivel very much.  b.  transitive. (See quot. 1530) rare. ΚΠ 1530    J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 723/2  				I snevell, I beraye any thynge with snyvell, je amorue. Se howe this boye snyvelleth his cote.  c.  To clear (the nose) by snuffling. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > organs of excretion > excretion of mucus > excrete mucus			[verb (transitive)]		 > clear nose snitec1305 snuff1561 snot1576 void1594 snurt1600 snuff1648 snivel1835 snort1835 1835    Politeness & Gd.-breeding 104  				Never..snivel and snort a wet nose.  2.  intransitive. To make a sniffing or snuffling sound expressive of real or assumed emotion; to be in, or affect, a tearful state. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > dissimulation, pretence > insincerity > grieve insincerely			[verb (intransitive)]		 to weep Irish1577 to weep with (or over) an onion1577 snivel1691 the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > weeping > weep			[verb (intransitive)]		 > snivel snivel1691 snotter1781 1691    J. Dryden in  J. Harris Mistakes Prol. sig. A3  				I left our young Poet, sniveling and sobbing behind the Scenes, and cursing some body that has deceiv'd him. 1712    R. Steele Spectator No. 364. ⁋4  				To take a Lad from Grammar and..send him crying and snivelling into foreign Countries. 1791    W. Cowper tr.  Homer Iliad in  Iliad & Odyssey I.  ii. 329  				And whip thee hence Home to thy galley, sniveling like a boy. 1818    W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian xi, in  Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. II. 262  				What signified his bringing a woman here to snotter and snivel, and bather their Lordships? 1848    W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair lxii. 564  				Every woman in the house was snivelling at the time. 1882    M. E. Braddon Mt. Royal III. i. 22  				Why do you stand there snivelling about him?  3.  transitive.  a.  To affect in some way by snivelling; to address in a snivelling manner. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > humility > servility > be servile to			[verb (transitive)]		 > affect by addressing with servility snivel1668 the world > life > the body > respiratory organs > breathing > inhalation > inhale			[verb (transitive)]		 > through nose snuvec1200 snuff1527 snuff1547 to breathe in1576 snuffle1599 whiff1635 snivel1668 sniff1796 the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > weeping > weep for			[verb (transitive)]		 > utter or shed with snivelling > affect by snivelling snivel1668 1668    R. L'Estrange tr.  F. G. de Quevedo y Villegas Visions 		(1702)	 268  				To snivel and sneeze himself into another World. 1700    W. Congreve Way of World  i. i. 12  				Let 'em snivel and cry their Hearts out. 1717    Entertainer No. 25. 168  				Thus they Whine and Snivel the Multitude, to enrich themselves and help forward the Faction.  b.  To utter with a snivelling or sniffing sound; to shed (tears) snufflingly. Also with out. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > humility > servility > be servile to			[verb (transitive)]		 > utter in servile manner snivel1780 the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > weeping > weep for			[verb (transitive)]		 > utter or shed with snivelling snivel1780 1780    W. Cowper Progress of Error 310  				Ye novelists, who mar what ye would mend, Sniv'ling and driv'ling folly without end. 1817    W. Scott Rob Roy III. iii. 65  				I heard the former snivel out, in a very subdued tone, ‘And ye'll ask her’ [etc.]. 1853    W. M. Thackeray Eng. Humourists vi. 273  				That fine flower of love..over which Sterne snivelled so many tears. 1865    A. Smith Summer in Skye I. 237  				The doctor saluted Flora and snivelled his compliments. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online September 2021). <  | 
	
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