英语词汇“snuff-dish”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

snuff-dish

释义

snuff² /snuf/

noun

The sooty burnt part of a wick
A worthless or offensive residue
A heeltap

transitive verb

To put out as with snuffers (with out; also figurative)
To remove the snuff from
To make brighter

ORIGIN: ME snoffe; connection with snuff¹ and with LGer snuppen, Ger schnappen, is obscure

snuffˈer noun

(in later use snuffers, or pair of snuffers) an instrument like a pair of scissors for removing snuffs from the wicks of candles or oil-lamps
An instrument with a cap-shaped part for extinguishing candles
An attendant, esp in a theatre, who snuffed candles

snuffˈ-dish noun

A dish or tray for candle snuffs

snuff film, snuff movie or snuff video noun

An illegal, usu pornographic, film or video recording depicting scenes of violence and torture climaxing in the actual killing of an unsuspecting member of the cast

snuff it (slang)

To die

snuff out (slang)

To kill or be killed

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snuff2 /snuf/

snuff² /snuf/