| 单词 | snort |
| 释义 | snort (once / 846 pages) nv A snort is a sound you make by suddenly exhaling through your nose, especially if you're disgusted by something. Your response to your little brother's tempter tantrum might be a disdainful snort. You can use the word snort as a noun or a verb — students might find it hard not to snort when they're listening to a boring and endless lecture by their vice principal. You and your friends may also snort with contempt when you're watching a really bad movie. In the fourteenth century, to snort meant to snore — it wasn't until the 1800's that snort came to mean "verbally express contempt." WORD FAMILYsnort: snorted, snorter, snorting, snorts, snorty+/snorter: snorters/snorting: snortings USAGE EXAMPLESIn any case, no one was off in a corner snorting some white powder. Seattle Times(Dec 30, 2016) A pack of pugs did what pugs normally do: They sat and snorted. Washington Times(Dec 13, 2016) “With all due respect”: “Prepare, as I snort in your general direction.” Washington Post(Dec 01, 2016) 1n a cry or noise made to express displeasure or contempt Syn|Hyper Bronx cheer, bird, boo, hiss, hoot, raspberry, razz, razzing call, cry, outcry, shout, vociferation, yell a loud utterance; often in protest or opposition 2n a disrespectful laugh Syn|Hyper snicker, snigger laugh, laughter the sound of laughing 3v make a snorting sound by exhaling hard The critic snorted contemptuously Hyper breathe out, exhale, expire expel air 4v indicate contempt by breathing noisily and forcefully through the nose she snorted her disapproval of the proposed bridegroom Hyper emit, let loose, let out, utter express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words) 5v inhale through the nose Syn|Hyper take a hit do drugs, drug use recreational drugs 6v inhale recreational drugs The addict was snorting cocaine almost every day Syn|Hyper huff breathe in, inhale, inspire draw in (air) |
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