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单词 snipe
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snipe

[ snahyp ]
/ snaɪp /
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noun, plural snipes, (especially collectively) snipe for 1, 2.

any of several long-billed game birds of the genera Gallinago (sometimes Capella) and Limnocryptes, inhabiting marshy areas, as G. gallinago(common snipe, orwhole snipe ), of Eurasia and North America, having barred and striped white, brown, and black plumage.
any of several other long-billed birds, as some sandpipers.
a shot, usually from a hidden position.

verb (used without object), sniped, snip·ing.

to shoot or hunt snipe.
to shoot at individuals as opportunity offers from a concealed or distant position: The enemy was sniping from the roofs.
to attack a person or a person's work with petulant or snide criticism, especially anonymously or from a safe distance.

Origin of snipe

First recorded in 1275–1325; Middle English snype (noun), from Old Norse -snīpa (in mȳrisnīpa “moor snipe”); cognate with Norwegian snipa, Icelandic snīpa; compare Danish sneppe, German Schnepfe

OTHER WORDS FROM snipe

snipelike, adjectivesniper, nouncoun·ter·snip·er, noun

Words nearby snipe

snigger, snigging chain, sniggle, sniglet, snip, snipe, snipefish, snipe fly, sniper, sniperscope, snipper
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British Dictionary definitions for snipe

snipe
/ (snaɪp) /

noun plural snipe or snipes

any of various birds of the genus Gallinago (or Capella) and related genera, such as G. gallinago (common or Wilson's snipe), of marshes and river banks, having a long straight bill: family Scolopacidae (sandpipers, etc), order Charadriiformes
any of various similar related birds, such as certain sandpipers and curlews
a shot, esp a gunshot, fired from a place of concealment

verb

(when intr, often foll by at) to attack (a person or persons) with a rifle from a place of concealment
(intr often foll by at) to criticize adversely a person or persons from a position of security
(intr) to hunt or shoot snipe

Derived forms of snipe

snipelike, adjective

Word Origin for snipe

C14: from Old Norse snīpa; related to Old High German snepfa Middle Dutch snippe
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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