英语词汇“to snap one's nose, or head, off”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

b. to snap one's nose, or head, off, to speak or reply to (a person) in a curt, sharp, ungracious, or angry manner.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > discourtesy > be discourteous [verb (intransitive)] > be curt or brusque

to snap one's nose, or head, off1709

to brusque it1826

1709 S. Centlivre Busie Body i. i. 7 I..ask'd him if he was at leisure for his Chocolate,..but he snap'd my Nose off, No, I shall be busie here these two Hours.

1742 M. Delany Autobiogr. & Corr. (1861) II. 166 Old G. snapped my nose off for saying I had sent for him.

1861 T. Hughes Tom Brown at Oxf. II. xi. 214 Do you ever snap people's noses off, or tell them you think them very foolish.

1886 F. W. Robinson Courting Mary Smith i. xiv If I had not been quite sure he would have snapped my head off.

1950 T. S. Eliot Cocktail Party i. ii. 60 Have you looked in your bag?..Well, don't snap my head off.

1976 J. I. M. Stewart Memorial Service i. 12 He adores the place... That's why he snaps your head off if you venture to say a good word for it.

单词	to snap one's nose, or head, off
释义	> as lemmas to snap one's nose, or head, off b. to snap one's nose, or head, off, to speak or reply to (a person) in a curt, sharp, ungracious, or angry manner. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > discourtesy > be discourteous [verb (intransitive)] > be curt or brusque to snap one's nose, or head, off1709 to brusque it1826 1709 S. Centlivre Busie Body i. i. 7 I..ask'd him if he was at leisure for his Chocolate,..but he snap'd my Nose off, No, I shall be busie here these two Hours. 1742 M. Delany Autobiogr. & Corr. (1861) II. 166 Old G. snapped my nose off for saying I had sent for him. 1861 T. Hughes Tom Brown at Oxf. II. xi. 214 Do you ever snap people's noses off, or tell them you think them very foolish. 1886 F. W. Robinson Courting Mary Smith i. xiv If I had not been quite sure he would have snapped my head off. 1950 T. S. Eliot Cocktail Party i. ii. 60 Have you looked in your bag?..Well, don't snap my head off. 1976 J. I. M. Stewart Memorial Service i. 12 He adores the place... That's why he snaps your head off if you venture to say a good word for it. extracted from snapv. < as lemmas
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