| 单词 | snafu |
| 释义 | snafu (once / 30306 pages) nadjv Snafu was originally a World War II-era military acronym standing for "situation normal: all fucked up." These days, a snafu is any mistake or problem. The original, military meaning of snafu is obscene. However, since you don't actually say the f-word when saying snafu, just about no one is offended by this word these days. Back in the military, a snafu would have been a dangerous situation, but this word is used now for any kind of goof-up. Spilling soup or forgetting your tickets to a baseball game are snafus. Any error, glitch, or screwed-up situation can be called a snafu. WORD FAMILYsnafu: snafued, snafuing, snafus USAGE EXAMPLESThe state eliminated punch cards, many jurisdictions went to brand-new touch-screen voting — and ended up with more snafus. Washington Times(Nov 23, 2016) Whether due to oversight, ignorance, laziness, or paperwork snafus, many international adoptees have been shocked to learn they are not U.S. citizens. Slate(Nov 22, 2016) Then — consider this our introduction to the presumptions we hadn’t shed — we ran into a little snafu. Salon(Nov 18, 2016) 1n an acronym often used by soldiers in World War II: situation normal all fucked up Hyper bloomer, blooper, blunder, boo-boo, botch, bungle, flub, foul-up, pratfall an embarrassing mistake 2adj snarled or stalled in complete confusion Syn disorganised, disorganized lacking order or methodical arrangement or function 3v cause to be in a state of complete confusion Hyper embrangle, snarl, snarl up make more complicated or confused through entanglements |
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