| 释义 |
snaggy
snag S0504100 (snăg)n.1. A rough, sharp, or jagged protuberance, as:a. A dead or partly dead tree that is still standing.b. A tree or a part of a tree that is sunken in or protrudes above a body of water and is a danger to navigation.c. A snaggletooth.d. A short or imperfectly developed branch of a deer's antler.2. A break, pull, or tear in fabric.3. An unforeseen or hidden obstacle or difficulty: Our plans for the party have hit a snag.v. snagged, snag·ging, snags v.tr.1. To tear, break, hinder, or destroy by or as if by a snag: snagged a stocking on a splinter.2. Informal To catch or obtain quickly or unexpectedly: snagged a ground ball; snagged a bargain.3. To free of snags: snagged the river.4. To catch (a fish), especially by hooking in a place other than its mouth.v.intr. To be damaged by a snag: His sweater snagged on a tree branch.
[Of Scandinavian origin.]
snag′gy adj.snaggy (snæɡɪ) adj, -gier or -giesthaving sharp protuberancesTranslationsEncyclopediaSeesnag |