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单词 snaky
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Definition of snaky in English:

snaky

(also snakey)
adjectivesnakiest, snakier ˈsneɪkiˈsneɪki
  • 1Like a snake in appearance; long and sinuous.

    a long snaky whip
    Example sentencesExamples
    • I made a great putt on the 14th hole, a really snaky 30-footer, that really got me going again.
    • We eventually formed a snaky line, moving slowly toward the door.
    • This is bedroom hair; Medusa hair: snaky, sultry, seductive.
    • Her toes squelched against the damp sand, leaving a snaky trail of footprints.
    • It is also true that the number of taxis zipping through the city's narrow streets and snaky alleyways is surprisingly large.
    • Everything's dancing to a different, more roundabout rhythm right now - so start thinking tangential tango, lateral lambada, snaky samba, magical mambo or curvaceous kind of cha-cha-cha.
    • Flora had become a beautiful green snaky dragon.
    • A small blood clot forming in a large vein can build up to a long, soft, snaky blood clot.
    • Honsha carries are a sword with a snaky curved blade and a short dagger - like weapon with a slightly longer hilt and a blade curved backwards.
    • The Belgian is a long, thin and snaky bird, which is bred and trained to stand hunched over in its perched position.
    • I managed to sit upon the camel, between the fatty hump and its snakey neck.
    • The flashy red sports car zipped along the snakey cliffside roads.
    • Colour does not normally seem to be a big part of Parr's work but this piece on multiple sheets of paper, with its charcoal black lines and snaky, indecipherable hand scrawl, was very pleasing to the eye.
    • She gestured to the long, snaky line ahead of her.
    • Surrounded by craggy mountains, one can only reach it via train or a narrow, snaky highway.
    Synonyms
    winding, windy, serpentine, curving, twisting, meandering, snaking, zigzag, zigzagging, turning, bending, curling, coiling, undulating
    1. 1.1 Of the supposed nature of a snake in showing coldness, venom, or cunning.
      a snaky friend
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Every now and again, a snaky comment would erupt from his lips but there was always a quick apology while he muttered something that she couldn't ever hear.
      • Calling someone snakey would be fairly negative, and Giselle wasn't really bad.
  • 2Australian NZ informal Angry; irritable.

    what are you snaky about?
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Angelina Jolie has a wild time as Alexander's snakey mum, Olympias, though you do wonder why she bothers.
    • So this morning in the Sunday papers we have Richard Carleton over on Nine's 60 Minutes getting all snaky about Paul Barry joining the tick tick tickers next year.
    • One minute I am intolerant and snakey, the next I am dancing around the lounge room with Amelia to her CD of Latin music (cha cha cha!) or sewing a tiny dog in a creative frenzy.
    Synonyms
    angry, annoyed, irate, irritated, in a bad mood, peeved, vexed, upset, irked, piqued, out of humour, put out, displeased, galled, resentful

Derivatives

  • snakily

  • adverb ˈsneɪkɪliˈsneɪkəli
    • There's a good trio of sisters, with Suzanne Burden outstanding as a snakily vain Goneril.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Pfeiffer is wonderful as the treacherous Eris, her voice as snakily sinuous as the wisps of smoke that trail and envelop her.
      • Mears snakily threads melody, then tears into the reed, taking the clarinet into the other world.
      • His yearning voice is laden with the characteristic microtonality of Arabic-influenced pop but uncoiled more snakily and with spine-tingling verve.
      • He plays a snakily elegant playboy named Jamison, who has raised the art of seduction to a lucrative business.
  • snakiness

  • noun
    • This results from excessive snakiness of the chain due to sprocket and roller misalignment or uneven roller wear.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • As snakes can also be poorly cooked, the snakiness does not detract from the duck-magic.
      • There's no ‘feel’ from the drawknife for the side to side snakiness and so I want to make sure I am following the vertical grain properly.
      • Jessica is only able to control her snakiness with the connivance of the white man who entrapped her in his plot
      • It was sold as a lightweight product that would be laminated on the face without the usual telegraphing and snakiness of plywood.

Rhymes

achy, Blakey, flaky, quaky, shaky, wakey-wakey
 
 

Definition of snaky in US English:

snaky

adjectiveˈsnākēˈsneɪki
  • 1Like a snake in appearance; long and sinuous.

    a long snaky whip
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Colour does not normally seem to be a big part of Parr's work but this piece on multiple sheets of paper, with its charcoal black lines and snaky, indecipherable hand scrawl, was very pleasing to the eye.
    • I managed to sit upon the camel, between the fatty hump and its snakey neck.
    • Everything's dancing to a different, more roundabout rhythm right now - so start thinking tangential tango, lateral lambada, snaky samba, magical mambo or curvaceous kind of cha-cha-cha.
    • Surrounded by craggy mountains, one can only reach it via train or a narrow, snaky highway.
    • I made a great putt on the 14th hole, a really snaky 30-footer, that really got me going again.
    • It is also true that the number of taxis zipping through the city's narrow streets and snaky alleyways is surprisingly large.
    • Her toes squelched against the damp sand, leaving a snaky trail of footprints.
    • She gestured to the long, snaky line ahead of her.
    • Honsha carries are a sword with a snaky curved blade and a short dagger - like weapon with a slightly longer hilt and a blade curved backwards.
    • The flashy red sports car zipped along the snakey cliffside roads.
    • The Belgian is a long, thin and snaky bird, which is bred and trained to stand hunched over in its perched position.
    • Flora had become a beautiful green snaky dragon.
    • This is bedroom hair; Medusa hair: snaky, sultry, seductive.
    • A small blood clot forming in a large vein can build up to a long, soft, snaky blood clot.
    • We eventually formed a snaky line, moving slowly toward the door.
    Synonyms
    winding, windy, serpentine, curving, twisting, meandering, snaking, zigzag, zigzagging, turning, bending, curling, coiling, undulating
    1. 1.1 Of the supposed nature of a snake in showing coldness, venom, or cunning.
      a snaky friend
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Calling someone snakey would be fairly negative, and Giselle wasn't really bad.
      • Every now and again, a snaky comment would erupt from his lips but there was always a quick apology while he muttered something that she couldn't ever hear.
 
 
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