| 释义 |
snap·per
I. \ˈsnapə(r)\ intransitive verb
Etymology: Middle English snaperen; akin to Middle High German snappen to snap, stumble, sway, chatter — more at snap
1. chiefly Scotland : stumble
2. chiefly Scotland : to commit an error : make a slip
II. noun
(-s)
chiefly Scotland : a false step : slip, faux pas
III. noun
(-s)
Etymology: snap (I) + -er
1. : something that snaps: as
a. snappers plural : castanets
b. : a small usually tasseled tip on a buggy whip
c. : cracker 2c
d.
(1) : greater stitchwort
(2) : bladder campion a
(3) : snap bean
e.
(1) : snapping turtle
(2) : green woodpecker
(3) : click beetle
(4) : phainopepla
f. : a bit of business, turn of phrase, or other matter that gives new orientation to a situation or utterance
g. : snap fastener
h. : a small clamshell bucket used especially for collecting samples of deep-sea mud and ooze
2. : a person that snaps or that snaps something especially by way of occupation: as
a. : an irritable snappish individual : one who answers or speaks curtly and cuttingly
b. : a glassworker who uses a snapdragon
c. : a taker of snapshots
d. : clipper II a; also : a mine car brakeman or coupler
e. : snapper-back
3. plural sometimes snapper
a. : any of numerous active carnivorous fishes (family Lutjanidae) of warm seas that are important as food and often as sport fishes, commonly resemble bass, attain a length of about two feet, and are usually red or rose in deep-sea forms but often greenish above in shallow-water forms especially when young
b. : any of several immature fishes (as the young of the bluefish, rosefish, or red grouper) that somewhat resemble a snapper
c. : an important sparid food fish (Pagrosomus auratus or P. unicolor) of Australia and New Zealand that is usually pink or reddish with dark spots when young and becomes bright red when adult — see cock snapper
4. slang : whopper |