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单词 snore
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snoren.

Brit. /snɔː/, U.S. /snɔr/
Forms: Also 1500s Scottish snor, snoir(e.
Etymology: < snore v.
1. A snort; snorting. Obsolete. rare.
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the world > animals > by noises > voice or sound made by animal > [noun] > grunt or snort
snorec1330
grunt?1615
gruntlea1689
sneer17..
snort1808
snork1814
c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. Wace (Rolls) 1821 Þeyr teþ gnaisted wiþ nose snore, Hurtlede hedes set ful sore; Ilk oþer pulled, ilk oþer schok.
1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid x. x. 72 For feir thai [sc. horses] start abak..And brak away with the cart to the schor, With stendis feyll and mony bray and snor.
2. A disease or affection which causes snuffling; the snivels.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disorder of respiratory organs > [noun] > common cold or catarrh
poseOE
rheuma1398
cold?a1425
snekec1440
refraidourc1450
murr1451
gravedity1547
coldment1578
snorea1585
catarrh1588
coqueluche1611
gravediny1620
coryza1634
snurl1674
catch-cold1706
gravedo1706
common cold1713
coolth?1748
snuffles1770
snifters1808
influenza cold1811
snaffles1822
the sniffles1825
snuffiness1834
crying cold1843
flu1899
a1585 A. Montgomerie Flyting with Polwart 302 (Tullibardine) The snuf, þe snoir, þe scheippisch, the schanker.
1844 W. Jamie Muse of Mearns 157 (E.D.D.) May he ne'er be subject unto snors.
1844 Lowson Mod. Farrier 209 This affection is termed the snores or snivels.
3.
a. An act of snoring; a harsh or noisy respiration through the mouth, or through the mouth and nose, during sleep.
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the world > life > the body > respiratory organs > breathing > audible breathing > [noun] > snoring > a snore
snorea1616
snort1619
stertor1849
a1616 W. Shakespeare Macbeth (1623) ii. ii. 6 The surfeted Groomes doe mock their charge With Snores. I haue drugg'd their Possets. View more context for this quotation
a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) ii. i. 222 Thou do'st snore distinctly, There's meaning in thy snores. View more context for this quotation
1622 J. Mabbe tr. M. Alemán Rogue i. 133 The snores and snorts that came from them [a man and his wife].
1826 F. Reynolds Life & Times II. 213 Then with a loud snore, he again sank into sleep.
1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. ii. 21 The sound rose and fell for several minutes, like a kind of intermittent snore.
1897 M. Kingsley Trav. W. Afr. 418 One of them has an abominable quavering, hysterical, falsetto snore.
b. all of a snore, filled with the sound of snoring. rare.
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1834 W. Beckford Italy; with Sketches Spain & Portugal II. 244 Dark vestibules and guard-chambers (all of a snore with jaded equerries).
4. transferred. A sound resembling that of a snore; a loud roaring or droning noise.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > unpleasant quality > harsh or discordant quality > [noun] > snort, snore, or snarl
snurting1611
snore1709
1709 Brit. Apollo 12–17 Aug. She wak'd from Bag-pipe snore.
1832 Denniston Craignilder 60 Now dark December's wintry snore Rang through the leafless wood.
5. Mining. A snore-piece.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > pump > [noun] > aperture at lowest end
snore-hole1860
snore-piece1867
snore1874
1874 J. H. Collins Princ. Metal Mining (1875) xv. 89 The suction pipe a, now called the ‘wind-bore’ or ‘snore’.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

snorev.

Brit. /snɔː/, U.S. /snɔr/
Forms: Also 1600s snoar, 1600s–1700s snoore.
Etymology: probably imitative: compare snork v. and snort v.
1.
a. intransitive. Of animals, esp. horses: To snort. Now dialect.
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the world > animals > by noises > voice or sound made by animal > make sound [verb (intransitive)] > grunt or snort
grunnyc1340
groinc1400
gruntlec1400
snorec1400
snortc1405
snortle1577
snork1807
snark1866
the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > sound made by horse > [verb (intransitive)] > snort
snorec1400
snortc1405
sneer1553
c1400 Laud Troy Bk. 7738 The horses snored as it hadde thondred.
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 724/1 I snore..as a horse dothe.
1648 H. Hexham Groot Woorden-boeck Ruchelen, to Grunt, or to Snoore like Hoggs.
1778 G. White Let. 9 Sept. in Nat. Hist. Selborne (1789) 241 They [sc. owls]..can snore and hiss when they mean to menace.
1786 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) I. 166 How thou wad prance, an' snore, an' scriegh, An' tak the road!
a1869 C. Spence From Braes of Carse (1898) 57 He [a bull]..roared and bored and sniffed and snored.
b. Scottish, northern dialect and U.S. Of things, wind, etc.: To make or give out a roaring or droning noise.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > loudness > roaring or bellowing > roar or bellow [verb (intransitive)]
bellowc1000
roarOE
routc1400
rummish?a1500
rerea1525
hurl1530
whurl1530
bullerc1550
broll1660
gurl1790
snore1823
the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > unpleasant quality > harsh or discordant quality > harsh or discordant [verb (intransitive)] > snort, snore, snarl, or groan
groan1513
snort1582
snarl1675
snore1823
gruff1855
1823 J. Galt Ringan Gilhaize I. xiv. 156 I never hear my ain bellows snoring at a gaud o' iron in the fire, but [etc.].
1842 D. Vedder Poems 75 A score of rival steamers..Hiss, flap, and snore, like river monsters.
1886 W. Alexander St. Augustine's Holiday 135 The wind..Humming and snoring thro' rigging and spar.
1930 W. Faulkner As I lay Dying 42 Beyond the porch Cash's saw snores steadily into the board.
c. Of a ship, etc.: To move or cut through the water with a roaring sound; to sail or travel quickly. Chiefly Scottish.
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society > travel > travel by water > action or motion of vessel > [verb (intransitive)] > make progress > move swiftly
crowd937
runOE
boom1617
to cut a feather1627
with a bone in her mouth (also teeth)1627
snore1830
spank1835
ramp1856
to step out1884
foot1892
1830 Wilson in Blackwood's Mag. 27 540 Our cut-water snores through the swell.
1833 M. Scott Tom Cringle's Log I. x. 298 She began to snore through it like smoke.
1850 G. Cupples Green Hand ii. 21/2 The pilot-boat snoring off close-hauled to windward.
2.
a. To make harsh or noisy sounds in sleep by breathing through the open mouth or through the mouth and nose; to breathe in this manner during sleep. Also poetic or rhetorical, to sleep heavily.
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the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > sleep > [verb (intransitive)] > snore or make noise during sleep
snortc1386
snorec1440
Z1909
the world > life > the body > respiratory organs > breathing > audible breathing > [verb (intransitive)] > snore
routeOE
snortc1386
snorec1440
snork?1537
snotter1710
snortle1807
blurta1825
to drive pigs (to market)1828
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 462/1 Snoryn, yn sleep, sterto.
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 724/1 I wylle nat lye with hym, he snoreth so in his slepe.
1576 A. Fleming tr. Hippocrates in Panoplie Epist. 284 Nature hath not giuen unto men their essence & being..to slugge and snore in the couche of carelessnesse.
1609 P. Holland tr. Ammianus Marcellinus Rom. Hist. xxvii. xii. 323 Whiles the centinels by reason of securitie were found asleepe that they snored againe, the citie gate was set open.
1658 W. Johnson tr. F. Würtz Surgeons Guid iii. ii. 222 Sound peoples sleep is not alike, some snoar in their sleep, others without a noise.
a1721 M. Prior Prol. Ld. Buckhurst in Misc. Wks. (1740) II. 19 Most of you snored whilst Cleomenes read.
1725 A. Pope tr. Homer Odyssey II. ix. 440 Then nodding with the fumes of wine [he] Dropt his huge head, and snoring lay supine.
1785 W. Cowper Task i. 90 The nurse sleeps sweetly, hir'd to watch the sick, Whom snoring she disturbs.
1817 W. Scott Rob Roy III. iii. 60 [He] tumbled himself into one of the cribs..and soon was heard to snore soundly.
1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. xvi. 107 He assured me..that he did not snore, and we lay down side by side.
1900 F. T. Pollok & W. S. Thom Wild Sports Burma & Assam 286 A solitary tusker elephant sound asleep and snoring loudly.
figurative.1664 N. Ingelo Bentivolio & Urania: 2nd Pt. v. 155 The Soul, having snor'd many hundreds or thousands of years.
b. I snore, used as a mild expletive. U.S.
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the mind > language > malediction > oaths > [interjection] > oaths other than religious or obscene
loOE
spi?c1225
how mischance——?c1330
with mischance!c1330
by my hoodc1374
by my sheath1532
by the mouse-foot1550
what the (also a) goodyear1570
bread and salt1575
by Jove1575
in (good) truly1576
by these hilts1598
by the Lord Harry1693
by the pody cody1693
by jingo!1694
splutter1707
by jing!1786
I snore1790
declare1811
by the hokey1825
shiver my timbers1834
by the (great) horn spoon1842
upon my Sam1879
for goodness' sake1885
yerra1892
for the love of Mike1896
by the hokey fiddle1922
knickers1971
1790 Massachusetts Spy 30 Dec. In one village you will hear the phrase ‘I snore’,—in another, ‘I swowgar’.
1836 T. C. Haliburton Clockmaker 1st Ser. xii Now its fairly run out, that's a fact, I snore.
1836 T. C. Haliburton Clockmaker 1st Ser. xxxvi You will, I snore.
3. transitive. With out or away: To spend or pass (time) in snoring.
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the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > sleep > [verb (transitive)] > other specific conditions or actions
steep1591
snore1600
outsleep1627
the world > life > the body > respiratory organs > breathing > audible breathing > [verb (transitive)] > snore
snore1600
blurt1611
snortle1806
1600 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 iv. iii. 159 Sleepe with it now! Yet not so sound..As he whose brow..Snores out the watch of night. View more context for this quotation
a1704 T. Brown Walk round London in 3rd Vol. Wks. (1708) iii. 9 Where she Surfeits upon Sack,..and Snoars away the Remainder of her Life.
1746 P. Francis & W. Dunkin tr. Horace Satires i. iii. 24 He drank the Night away Till rising Dawn, then snor'd out all the Day.
1782 W. Cowper Hope in Poems 167 The full-gorged savage at his nauseous feast Spent half the darkness, and snor'd out the rest.
1829 W. Scott Anne of Geierstein II. vii. 205 Some..snored away the interval between their own arrival and that of the expected repast.
4. To bring into a certain state by snoring (cf. quots.).
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1785 W. Cowper Task i. 97 Sleep Of lazy nurse, who snores the sick man dead.
1792 J. Pearson Polit. Dict. 10 If the House are too sleepy to cough him down, they'll soon snore him down.
5. To utter with a snore or with a sound resembling this. Also with cognate object.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > other vocal sounds > [verb (transitive)] > snort
snorta1635
snore1791
the world > life > the body > respiratory organs > breathing > audible breathing > [verb (transitive)] > snore > utter with
snore1791
1791 S. T. Coleridge Ode to Sleep in Poet. Wks. (2001) I. 56 Till ere the splendid visions close We snore quartettes in extacy of Nose!
1889 A. C. Gunter That Frenchman! ii. 22 Maurice..is already asleep and snoring the snores of an exhausted manhood.
1891 Daily News 9 Feb. 6/2 Some good people seemed to snore prayer; they were so sleepy.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

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