managed, to snatch an hour’s
sleep. AN"
1$ 0 0
The team snatched a dramatic victory in the
last minute of the
game. It# ftJftTf — ##$#14
itfe|£I4o 'snatch at sth 1 to try to take hold
of
sth with your hands fft 7
M; ut fH #: He snatched at the steering wheel but I pushed him away.
sth We snatched at every moment we could be
together.—^H\'a\,
m noun 1 a very small part
of a conversation or some music that you hear ( Djf fij j R W )t in , #
7 7 i& PT37T snippet ; a snatch of music
i=r 7 Jt ft o I only caught snatches of the conversation. f£RB/r5iJII^^—ig ft ft 0 2 an act of moving your
hand very quickly to take or steal sth 7; 7; a
bag snatch 7
St'S, O to make a snatch at
sth 3 {taboo,
slang) an offensive word for
a woman’s outer sex organs ( A'l4(ft ) Pfj rP
FTiTTCl in ‘snatches for short periods
rather than continuously Iff %% ^ fife: Sleep came to him in brief
snatches. IfeBfllBtHL
snatch er /'snaetXa(r)/ noun (often in compounds $ S.
# i^l) a person who takes sth quickly with their hand and steals it jfc #: a
purse snatcher jfr
'snatch squad noun [c+sing./pl. v.] a
group of police officers or soldiers whose job is to remove people from a crowd
who are considered to be causing trouble ( 4$
snazzy /'snaezi/
adj. (snaz-zier,
snazziest) {informal) (of clothes, cars,
etc. U3tv f(7#) fashionable, bright and
modem, and attracting your attention M % Tfff H 1ft; IJR3I A£ft HTfl JAZZY, SMART: a
snazzy tie MdKft^D^
sneak /sni:k/
verb, noun, adj.
w verb MljlJI The usual past form is
sneaked, but snuck
is now very common in
informal speech in NAmE and some people use it in BrE too.
However, many people think that it is not correct and it should not be used in
formal writing. M A A it # A sneaked, fH f£ it H % iff 7 snuck
WA{£fflo AM, iA^AiAMAIEii,
A
ffl o 1 [V + adv./prep.] to go somewhere
secretly, trying to avoid being seen itifiiitfeT:; y[g HT1 creep:
I sneaked up the stairs. 2 to do
sth or take sb/sth
somewhere secretly, often without permission ####; #7; [VN] We sneaked a
look at her diary, ic f J if fi # 7 —
01£tfe W 0 id 0 o [VN, VNN] I managed to sneak a note to him. ftk
ilTflrfo O I managed to
sneak him a note. Tii&A ifir$R
ftfe ii 7 ^ ^ 7 o 3 [VN] {informal) to secretly take sth small or
unimportant ( A3ClcW$A&\J7Ir) H77T pinch : I sneaked a cake
when they were out of the room, 4M
~
(on sb) (to
sb) {old-fashioned,
BrE, disapproving) to tell an adult that another child has
done sth wrong, especially in order to cause trouble (
JLitfftjE& A )
«•,
teacher? f/RA&AIdSklM .sneak 'up (on
sb/sth) to
move towards sb very quietly so that they do not see or hear you until you
reach them ##1 Tfiiit: He sneaked
up on his sister and shouted ‘Boo!’, life
immmmm, um\
%
mnoun {old-fashioned, BrE,
disapproving) a person, especially a child, who tells sb about sth
wrong that another person has done frAftlSMHlsA, .-£■$# ( AMI JLm.) EEC] SNITCH
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adj. [only before noun] done without any
warning ^ ^
;
tb ^ A;t : a sneak attack f&H
sneak er /'sni:k0(r)/
noun {NAmE) = trainer(I) : He wore old jeans
and a pair of sneakers, life# —^jtl 77
W,
sneak
ing
/'sniikiq/
adj. [only before noun] if you have a sneaking
feeling for sb or about sth, you do not want to admit it to other people,
because you feel embarrassed, or you are not sure that this feeling is right (
ft
A ) BfAftJ,
ATO'J: she had always had
a sneaking affection
for him.
tU ifij fttfe—11 Bf HiM 7 A ftfe 0 O I have a sneaking
suspicion that she knows more than she’s telling us. 77/77#, ftk2Anil—® ft 82., A fit a
mm.
.sneak ‘preview noun an opportunity to see
sth before it is officially shown to the public ( A (ft ) ®
‘sneak thief noun a person who steals
things without using force or breaking doors or windows ( finfn A#1
m)
a#
sneaky /‘sniiki/ adj. (sneak-ier,
sneaki-est) {informal)
behaving
in a secret and sometimes dishonest or unpleasant way ftJ; H33
crafty: That was a sneaky trick!
JEAl ► sneak-ily /-ili/ adv. sneer /snia(r); NAmE smr/ verb, noun m verb ~ (at sb/sth) to show that you have
no respect for sb by the expression on your face or by the way you speak UUM; H771 mock [V] He sneered at
people who liked pop music. ItfenHi^^A'^lTW^WAo o a
sneering comment Ul iM W 1$ O [V speech] ‘You? A writer?’she
sneered. “ fa ? ” iAiliA
►
sneer-ing-ly /'smariqli; NAmE'snir-l adv.
m noun [usually sing.] an
unpleasant look, smile or comment that shows you do not respect sb/sth n$3 %; ill M: A faint sneer of satisfaction
crossed her face. M (ft
sneeze /sni:z/ verb, noun
■
verb [V] to have air come suddenly and noisily out
through your nose and mouth
in a way that you cannot control, for example because you have a cold njt: fve been sneezing all morning. Jc — ± *fffL ?T ^ „
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R26 ITiTTl not to be 'sneezed
at {informal) good enough to be
accepted or considered seriously HfliAKAfA A nf $£ #5.: In those days, $20 was not a sum
to be sneezed at. 20
7nnJAt£A
■
noun the act of sneezing
or the noise you make when
you sneeze nfi; : coughs and sneezes
n® o She gave a violent sneeze. £tfefT7 snicker /'snik9(r)/ verb [V] {especially NAmE) = snigger
►
snicker noun
snide /snaid/ adj. {informal) criticizing sb/sth in
an unkind and indirect way M $i] (ft ; jg ^ (ft : snide comments/remarks / iAi§-
sniff /snif/ verb, noun
m verb 1 [V] to breathe air
in through your nose in a way that makes a sound, especially when you are
crying, have a cold, etc.
JB # A® H ) ; We all had colds and couldn’t stop
sniffing and sneezing. f$CIfPli f 7, ^ AfeW#7, R Rff pg o 2 ~ (at) (sth) to breathe air in
through the nose in order to discover or enjoy the smell of sth ( if- H ) n| , H23 smell : [VN] sniffing the fresh
morning air PMR-MWfr to
sniff glue 0
[V] The dog sniffed at my shoes. IP^fftll 0 — see also glue-sniffing 3 to say sth in a
complaining or disapproving way AlAA^itfeift:
[V speech] ‘It’s
hardly what I’d call elegant, ’ she sniffed. “ ^ , &fS
MW&l-M&o ” MAIAA^Mo [also V, VN]
MU not to be ’sniffed at {informal) good enough to be
accepted or considered seriously ft j# iA M M W; A^% $£ IS,: In those days, $20 was not a sum
to be sniffed at. IPB'tig, 20 % A fi A ^ 0 ♦ o rJ!HTO .sniff a'round/’round {informal) to try to find out
information about sb/sth, especially secret information
) : We don’t want journalists sniffing
around.
] A ^ JC ifi #
^ tT & o 'sniff around/round sb
[no passive] {especially BrE) to try to get sb as a
lover, employee, etc. iiA, (7A ) :
agents have been sniffing around him. &%&}&£E
A—fiiiilliAilllftfeo 'sniff at sth to show no interest in
or respect for sth X7 • • it £ # ( bJcAIS ~J@i
) .sniff
sb/stlv-'out T to discover or find
sb/sth by using your sense of smell Bft fh : The dogs are trained to sniff out drugs. M i)l|i&-(ft
^ # A
0 2 {informal) to
discover or find sb/sth by
looking # tib ; ^ % {±5
: Journalists
are good at sniffing out a scandal, id # # 7 AM.WL
■
noun 1 [C] an act or the
sound of sniffing n&R ( P ) ;
# 7 ( ) ; i*i; Pf]: She took a deep sniff of the