| 释义 |
snagged, ppl. a.|ˈsnægd|
[f. snag n.1 or v.2]
1. a. Having projecting points or jagged protuberances; jagged, ragged.
1658Rowland tr. Moufet's Theat. Ins. 964 The edge of the wings like the Bats snagged, and as it were prickly. 1662H. More Antid. Ath. ii. iii. 49 Howlings and shoutings of poor naked men belabouring one another with snag'd sticks. 1741Phil. Trans. XLI. 563 The Roch, or snagged Wheel, being herein accounted as Part of the great Wheel. 1791W. Bartram California 247 Having provided ourselves with a long snagged sapling, called an Indian ladder. 1898Westm. Gaz. 9 Apr. 1/3 By this time his trouser knees were torn in snagged rents.
†b. Of teeth: = snaggled a. 1. Obs.—0
1687Miége Gt. Fr. Dict. ii. s.v., A snagged Tooth, that does not stand even.
2. Caught or impaled upon a snag. Also fig.
1851E. C. E. Stuart-Wortley Travels in U.S. 112 In the papers will you often see whole columns, headed, ‘Snagged’, containing a melancholy list of boats. 1867A. D. Richardson Beyond Mississippi i. 21 A snagged steamer. 1872C. King Sierra Nevada viii. 174, I made a dash for the snagged mule. 1930D. Runyon in Collier's 22 Mar. 53/1 Basil is snagged if ever I see a guy snagged, and personally I do not blame him, because Miss Harriet Mackyle may not look like a million, but she has a couple. 1977Time 3 Jan. 34/1 The talks have been snagged for months on how to deal with two new weapons. |