| 释义 |
▪ I. snop, n. dial.
[Imitative: cf. next.]
A sharp blow or impact; the sound made by this.
1849Boy's Own Bk. 12 Spans and snops. This is a very simple game; one player first shoots his marble, the second then endeavours to strike or snop it, or otherwise to shoot his own within a span of it. 1871–in south-western dial. glossaries. 1881Jefferies Wood Magic II. iv. 110 His body..rebounded with a snop, and he fell disabled and insensible to the earth.
▪ II. snop, v. dial.
[Imitative.]
trans. To strike sharply and smartly; to break in this way. Also absol.
1849[see snop n.]. 1882Jefferies Bevis x, I see a man do that once... A' had a gate-hinge snopping um. a1887― Field & Hedgerow (1889) 141 To stand there swinging that heavy bit of wood all day meant meat and drink..for themselves and families..: but only a few of them could get barns to snop away in. |