单词 | snap |
释义 | Word Frequency snap(snæp) verbWord forms: snaps, snapping or snapped 1. to break or cause to break suddenly, esp with a sharp sound 2. to make or cause to make a sudden sharp cracking sound 3. (intransitive) to give way or collapse suddenly, esp from strain 4. to move, close, etc, or cause to move, close, etc, with a sudden sharp sound 5. to move or cause to move in a sudden or abrupt way 6. (intr; often foll by at or up) to seize something suddenly or quickly 7. (when intr, often foll by at) to bite at (something) bringing the jaws rapidly together 8. to speak (words) sharply or abruptly 9. (intransitive) (of eyes) to flash or sparkle 10. to take a snapshot of (something) 11. (intransitive) hunting to fire a quick shot without taking deliberate aim 12. (transitive) American football to put (the ball) into play by sending it back from the line of scrimmage to a teammate 13. snap one's fingers at 14. snap out of it noun 15. the act of breaking suddenly or the sound produced by a sudden breakage 16. a sudden sharp sound, esp of bursting, popping, or cracking 17. a catch, clasp, or fastener that operates with a snapping sound 18. a sudden grab or bite 19. the sudden release of something such as elastic thread 20. a brisk movement of the thumb against one or more fingers 21. a thin crisp biscuit ginger snaps 22. informal snapshot 23. informal vigour, liveliness, or energy 24. informal a task or job that is easy or profitable to do 25. a short spell or period, esp of cold weather 26. British dialect food, esp a packed lunch taken to work 27. British a card game in which the word snap is called when two cards of equal value are turned up on the separate piles dealt by each player 28. American football the start of each play when the centre passes the ball back from the line of scrimmage to ateammate 29. (modifier) done on the spur of the moment, without consideration or warning a snap decision 30. (modifier) closed or fastened with a snap adverb 31. with a snap exclamation 32. a. cards the word called while playing snap b. an exclamation used to draw attention to the similarity of two things Derived forms snapless (ˈsnapless) adjective snappable (ˈsnappable) adjective Word origin C15: from Middle Low German or Middle Dutch snappen to seize; related to Old Norse snapa to snuffle |
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