| 单词 | snub |
| 释义 | snub I. transitive verb 1. a. < was quickly snubbed when he tried to intercede > b. archaic c. < the ambassador was obviously snubbed > < his suggestions were snubbed > < whose only concerns were to make history and to snub the history that had already been made — Jean Stafford > also < snubbed into silence > 2. a. obsolete b. chiefly dialect < snub branches of a tree > c. West < snub cattle > 3. a. < snubbed short, like a downstream trout when fairly hooked — Century Magazine > b. c. < snub a horse to a tree > < as the lariat jerked tight, the rider instantly snubbed it tight around the saddle horn — D.A.Brown > d. < air springs snubbed out all the undulating motion — Motor Life > e. < snubbed the butt out in my saucer — Mickey Spillane > 4. < let the wagons down the steep slope by means of rope snubbed around trees — G.R.Stewart > < had snubbed the bronc's rein to his saddle horn — Colin Lofting > 5. intransitive verb 1. < the ability to snub and to tell useful fibs — R.H.Rovere > 2. < one by one, the flatboats snubbed in at the bank — F.G.Slaughter > < a raft well piloted would outrun a flood and have to snub up to the bank and wait for the floodwater to catch up — R.G.Lillard > 3. < when a wind came up, the boat began to snub > < the horse snubbed back from the hitchrack > 4. II. 1. < accepted every unjust rebuke and snub as part of the day's routine — R.S.Porteous > 2. a. b. < no snub in that corral — A.B.Guthrie > 3. III. 1. < snub rope > < snub line > 2. or snubbed < allowed a flicker of indulgent amusement to show itself upon his snub features — Guy McCrone > < a small pyramid … a snub figure, rather flat and inelegant — Isaac Rosenfeld > • snub·ness IV. chiefly Midland V. chiefly Midland |
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