snipe
/snaɪp/
- n.
- 沙锥，香烟屁股，狙击，街头流浪儿
- vi.
- 猎鸟，狙击，诽谤
- vt.
- 狙击
中文释义来自 ECDICT
snipe1词源 1
词源链
- 英语English
snipe
词源说明
From Middle English snipe, snype (“a type of bird”), from Old Norse snípa, as in mýrisnípa (“moor snipe”). Akin to Norwegian snipe.
The verb originated in the 1770s among soldiers in British India, where a hunter skilled enough to kill the elusive bird was dubbed a sniper. The term sniper was first attested in 1824, in the sense of sharpshooter.
释义
名词noun
- 1Any of various limicoline game birds of the genera Gallinago, Lymnocryptes and Coenocorypha in the family Scolopacidae, having a long, slender, nearly straight beak.
- 2A fool; a blockhead.
- 3A shot fired from
snipe2词源 2
词源说明
Probably from snip or a cognate
释义
名词noun
- 1slangA cigarette butt.
- 2An end of a log remaining after timber has been cut away.
- 3An animated promotional logo during a television show.
- 4A strip of copy announcing some late breaking news or item of interest, typically placed in a print advertisement in such a way that it stands out from the ad.
- 5