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单词 snort
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snort

verb
/snɔːt/
/snɔːrt/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they snort
/snɔːt/
/snɔːrt/
he / she / it snorts
/snɔːts/
/snɔːrts/
past simple snorted
/ˈsnɔːtɪd/
/ˈsnɔːrtɪd/
past participle snorted
/ˈsnɔːtɪd/
/ˈsnɔːrtɪd/
-ing form snorting
/ˈsnɔːtɪŋ/
/ˈsnɔːrtɪŋ/
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  1. [intransitive, transitive] to make a loud sound by breathing air out noisily through your nose, especially to show that you are angry or think something is silly
    • The horse snorted and tossed its head.
    • snort with something to snort with laughter
    • snort in something She snorted in disgust.
    • + speech ‘You!’ he snorted contemptuously.
    Extra Examples
    • He snorted indignantly and walked away.
    • She snorted at his suggestion.
    • He snorted with derision.
    • Calvin snorted in disbelief.
    Topics Animalsc2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb
    • loudly
    • softly
    • angrily
    preposition
    • at
    • in
    • with
    See full entry
  2. [transitive] snort something to take drugs by breathing them in through the nose
    • to snort cocaine
  3. Word Originlate Middle English (as a verb, also in the sense ‘snore’): probably imitative; compare with snore. The noun dates from the early 19th cent.

snort

noun
/snɔːt/
/snɔːrt/
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  1. a loud sound that you make by breathing air out noisily through your nose, especially to show that you are angry or think something is silly
    • to give a snort
    • a snort of disgust
    • I could hear the snort and stamp of a horse.
    • He gave a snort of contempt.
    Topics Animalsc2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • little
    • small
    • loud
    verb + snort
    • give
    • let out
    • hear
    preposition
    • with a snort
    • snort of
    phrases
    • a snort of derision
    • a snort of disgust
    • a snort of laughter
    See full entry
  2. a small amount of a drug that is breathed in through the nose; an act of taking a drug in this way
    • to take a snort of cocaine
  3. Word Originlate Middle English (as a verb, also in the sense ‘snore’): probably imitative; compare with snore. The noun dates from the early 19th cent.
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