英语词汇“snubbing post”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词

snubbing post

释义

snub /snub/

transitive verb (snubbˈing; snubbed)

To take up, cut short, rebuff, in a humiliating or mortifying manner
To rebuke
To check or stop
To bring to a sudden stop, eg to bring (a boat, unbroken horse, etc) to a stop by means of a rope secured to a post or stake
To cut or break short

noun

adjective

ORIGIN: ON snubba to chide, snub

snubbˈer noun

snubbˈing noun and adjective

snubbˈingly adverb

snubbˈish or snubbˈy adjective

snubbing post noun

A post for passing a rope round, so as to stop a boat or horse

snub cube noun (geometry)

A polyhedron obtained by repeated truncation of a cube, having 38 faces, six of which are squares, the rest being equilateral triangles

snub nose noun

A short, blunt turned-up nose

snubˈ-nosed adjective

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