| 单词 | snug |
| 释义 | snug I. 1. a. of a ship < soon all was snug aloft, and we were allowed to go below — R.H.Dana > < a comparatively snug rigged vessel that could leave her three lower sails set in most weather — Rudder > b. < a snug gentleman > c. < a snug coat > < a snug fit > < install bearing retainer by pressing it on until it is snug — H.F.Blanchard & Ralph Ritchen > 2. a. < his home … the snug haven to which his adventurous forebears retired at the end of their voyages — American Guide Series: Maine > < a town that seems especially snug in winter — Richard Joseph > < sit in the snug little parlor — Irish Digest > b. < snug and warm under blankets and comforters — Willa Cather > < the fisherfolk were all under thatch — G.W.Russell > c. < the sailboat enthusiast's paradise of snug harbors — R.W.Hatch > d. < snug little shops that once offered Cornhill the best soups and jellies — Rebecca West > < a snug little commune intent on its own affairs — John Buchan > < the street level was broken by three snug doorways — Harriet LaBarre > e. < snug little dinners with old friends > 3. a. < a snug little benefice, worth a hundred gold florins a year — Alan Moorehead > < family influence had installed him in a snug ecclesiastical berth — H.O.Taylor > < his brother made a snug fortune — Julian Dana > b. chiefly Irish 4. a. < lie snug until the chase stops > < a snug hideout > b. dialect < staying snug about the arrangement > Synonyms: see comfortable, neat II. intransitive verb 1. a. archaic b. < a horse snugging along the inner rail of the track > 2. a. < dragged the old buffalo hide out to the covered wagon again, snugged in the hay and pulled all the horse blankets over us — C.T.Jackson > b. < with a good motor, one can snug down while approaching a harbor — H.A.Calahan > transitive verb 1. < a belt that snugs the waist > < snug the sole of a shoe to the upper > < overcoat collars turned up and snugged close to our necks — S.H.Adams > < she curled up … her head snugged between her shoulders — D.H.Lawrence > — often used with down < found his sons, snugged down in a lifeboat, pretending to be castaways — Archie Binns > 2. < push-up sleeves snugged by tiny buttons — Californian > < tidy up the fields and garden and snug the place for winter — Hal Borland > — often used with down, in, or up < snugged the farm down for the winter — H.E.Giles > < farmers … snugging themselves in for the winter — L.C.Douglas > < children were snugged up in overcoats, mufflers, and mittens > 3. < pick a pocket and snug it in a featherbed — W.B.Yeats > 4. a. b. < snugging down her hatches for the long voyage — W.J.Granbert > < move the aircraft to the parking place and snug it down for the night — Nevil Shute > 5. III. < a coat that fits snug across the shoulders > < in harbor, at night berthed snug — Thomas Wood †1950 > IV. Britain V. 1. obsolete 2. |
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