Someone^ been snooping around my apartment, A 一直在我住所周围窥探。◊ joumaZists snooping on poZiticia/is 跟踪政治人物的记:者► .snoop.er /iow/7

=SNOOP A7.(l)

■                  noun 1 (also snoop-er) a person who looks around a place secretly to find out private things about sb 窥:探 者；.打探他义私事的人 2 [sing.] .a.?ecret look around a place 窥探：He had a snoop around her oj^ce.他在她的 办公室窥探一番。

snoot /snu:t/ noun (NAmE, informaf) 1 a person's nose (人的）鼻子 2 (6//sap/3rov/>^) a person who treats.other people as if they are not as good or as important as them鼻子朝天的人（瞧不起别人).；势利眼 snooty /'snuiti/ (also informal snotty) adj. (snoot-ier, snooti-est) (disapproving) treating people as if tliey are not as good or as important as you 傲慢的；.目中无人的 H*I71 snobbish ► snoot-ily adv. snooti-ness noun {Uf snooze /snu:z/ veri? [V]  to have a short light

sleep, especially during the day and usually not in bed (_亦指在.白天）小睡，打吨：My brother was_ snoozing on the so/a.我弟弟正在沙发上打吨。、'〇 note at sleep ► snooze noun [sing.]： I often have a snooze after lunch. 我常在午饭后锤个小觉。

snooze button noun a button on a clock radio which you press when you wake up, so that you can sleep a little longer and be woken up again after a short time (收音机闹钟的）小睡催醒按钮 snore /sno:(r)/ verb, noun

■                  verb [V] to breathe noisily through your nose and mouth while you are asleep 打軒；打呼_: I could hear Paul snoring in the next room.義卩异得见保罗在隔壁房间里打 呼噜。► snorer /low/? snor.ing now/7 [U]: loud snoring

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■                  noun noisy breathing while you are asleep 打呼噜

(声）；打軒（声）：She Zay amifce       to his

snores.她没睡着，躺在那儿听他打呼噜。 snorkel /'snoikl; NAmE 'snoirkl/ noun a tube that you can breathe air through when you are swimming under the surface of the water ( $手潜水用的）呼吸.管 —picture c> diving ► snor-kel verb (-II-, US -I-) [V] snorkel-ling (Br£) {NAmE snor-kehing) /'snoikalirj; NAmE 'snoirk-/ noun [U] the sport or activity of swim- ming underwater with a snorkel带呼吸管潜水；徒手潜 7jc： to go snorfceHing 去徒手潜水一picture o diving snort /snort; NAmE snoirt/ verb, noun m verb 1 to make a loud sound by breathing air out noisily through your nose, especially to show that you are angry or amused (表示气愤或被逗乐）喷鼻涵、， 哼：[V] to snort with Zaughter 扑嘛一声笑了 ◊ She snorted in disgust.她厌恶地哼十一声。◊ TTie horse snorted and tossed its head.马打了个响鼻〕U 晃晃脑袋。

0 [V speech] You!' he snorted contemptuously.:“ 你!二” 他轻舍地哼了 一声。2 [VN] to take drugs by breathing them in through the nose 角鼻子_吸.{毒品）.：to snort cocaine吸可卡因

■                  noun 1 a loud sound that you make by breathing air

out noisily through your nose, especially to show that you are angry or amused (尤指表示气愤或被逗乐的） 喷鼻息，哼：to give a snort 哼了 一声.◊ a snort: 〇/ disgust  01 could hear the snort and stamp of

ahorse.我能听见马打晌鼻儿、跺蹄子的声音。2 a small amount of a drug that is breathed in through the nose; an act of taking a drug in this way (.用鼻子吸入的）毒 品；用鼻子吸毒：to tofce a snort 〇/ cocaine吸一卞;,可' 卡因

snot /snot; NAmE snait/ noun [U] (informaf) a word that some people find offensive, used to describe the liquid substance (=. mucus) that is produced in the nose 鼻涕

(有人认为是粗俗用语）

snotty /'snDti; NAmE 'snaiti/ adj. (snot-tier, snot»ti-est) (also .snotty-'nosed) (informal) 1 = snooty 2 full of or covered in snot流鼻涕的；满i鼻涕的：a snotty nose流 着鼻涕的鼻子◊ snotty fcick淌着鼻涕的小孩 snout /snaut/ noun 1 the long nose and area around the mouth of some types of animal, such as a pig ( 等动物的 > 口鼻部，必一picture o page R28 —com­pare muzzle 2 {informal, humorous) a person's nose

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•人的）.鼻于3 a part of sth that sticks out at the front 吻状突出物：the snout 0/apistoi.手枪枪管 Sn〇W /sneu; NAmE snou/ noun, verb m noun 1 [uj small soft white pieces (called flakes) of frozen water that fall from the sky in cold weather; this substance when it is lying on the ground 雪；.雪花；积 雪：Snow was /aHing heavily.正下着大雪0 We had snow in May this j^ear.今年五月我们这)L下亍雪。OThe snow was beginning to mdt.积__ 开始融化了。◊ ChiZdren. were pZaying in the snow.孩子们正在雪地里 玩。o 20cm of snow were expected today.

:亍,20 厘举厚‘雪。◊ 77ie snow didn’t settZe .(= stay on the ground).齒没积起来。.o Her skin was as white as snow•她的皮肤齒    2 snows [pi.] (/"era/y) an amount

of snow that falls in one particular place or at one particular time (某地或某•的）降雪i; 一考奮：the jiirst snows 0/ winter 冬天的头几场雪◊ the'snows 0/ Everest 珠穆 玛峰的积_ iTOTil as dean, pure, etc. as the driven _snow extremely clean，pure，etc•冰清玉 洁；纯洁无瑕

■                  verb 1 [V] when it snows, snow falls from the sky』下 雪：Jt’s been snowfrtg ZieaviZy aH day■大雪下了一整天。

2 [VN] {NAmE, informal) to impress sb a lot by the things you say, especially if these are not true or not sincere

(用花言巧语 i 蒙，唬：He reaHy snowed me with aH his talk of buying a Porsche.他嘴上老说要买一辆保时 捷，还真把我唬住了:《 tT»T?l be snowed in/'up to be unable to leave a place because of heavy snow $雪面住 be snowed 'under (with sth) to have more things, especially work，than youieel able to deal with (事情 太多而丨应接不暇，忙得不用:汗交：rcHovetoco/nebut J’m compZetdy snowed imder at the moment•我很想来，

但眼下实在桌忙得没工夫。be snowed 1 up (especially of a road 尤指道路)to be blocked with snow 被雪封住 snow-ball/'snauborl; NAmE'snou-/ noun, verb m noun 1 [C] a ball that you make out of snow to throw at sb/sth in a game 雪杂：a snowbaH_/iight 雪'徒 2 [sing.] (often used as an adjective 常用作承容词).a situation that develops more and more quickly as it continues 滚 雪球般发展的

baH ejQfect on the saZes 〇/ their kitest czZbum.所有这襄宣 传对他们最新唱it的销售#鼻文一种璋雪遥效应。3 [C] a cocktail (=； a type of alcoholic drink) that contains ADVOCAAT and LEMONADE雪球鸡尾酒（杳白兰地蛋酒和 梓檬汽水）not have a .snowbalPs chance in ■hell (/>7/om7fl/) to have no chance at all 根本不可能；毫 无机会

■                  verb [V] if a problem, a plan, an activity, etc. snowballs, it quickly becomes much bigger, more serious, more important, etc.滚雪球般迅速增大t或趋于严重/卖得重 要_〉：

the 'Snow Ee\t noun [sing.] (informal) the northern and north-eastern states of the US where the winters are very co_ld多雪地带(美国北部和东北部各州） snow-bird /'snaub3：d; NAmE 'snoub3：rd/ noun [NAmE, informaf) a person who spends the winter in a warmer climate, especially an old person from the north of the US, or from Canada, who spends the winter in the south到温暖地带过冬的人；（尤指美国北方或加拿大到 南方浮冬_的）候鸟老人

'snow-blind adj. unable to see because of the light reflected from a large area of snow 雪盲的 > 'snoiw- blindness noun [U]

lsnow-blow-er /'sn8ubl0U9(r); NAmE 'snoublouar/ noun a machine that removes snow from roads or paths by blowing it to one side 吹雪机’ snow-board /'snauboid; NAmE 'snouborrd/ noun a long wide board that a person stands on to move over snow in the sport of snowboarding 滑雪板 一 picture o SKIING

snow-board-ing/'sn8ubo:dii]；/V/\/r7E'snoobo:rd-/«〇w/7[u] the sport of moving over snow on a snowboarii 滑雪板 运动：to go snowboarding去进行滑雪板运动◊ Snow­boarding is now an Oiympi‘c sport. 滑雪板运‘现在是奧 运会比赛项目。一picture 0 page R33 ► snow-board-er noun — picture o skiing