| 释义 |
snap /snæp/ vi. | vt. | n. | int. | a. | ad. | phr.
I (snapped; snap·ping)
❶ vi.
1. 劈啪地响，发劈啪声
The dry wood snapped and crackled as it burned. 干柴燃烧时发出劈啪的爆裂声。
If I hit upon the right name, her fingers snapped. 如果碰巧我把名字说对了，她的手指便啪地打一个榧子。
From the ship's mast a flag snaps in the fresh breeze. 船桅上旗子在劲风中啪嗒飘动。
The machine gun snapped out at us in a long burst. 机枪劈劈啪啪向我们打出一长梭子弹。
2. (门、锁等)发吧嗒声
The door snapped shut behind us. 门吧嗒一声在我们身后关上了。
The lock snapped shut. 锁吧嗒一声锁上了。
3. 喀嚓折断；啪地绷断
The branch suddenly snapped. 树枝突然喀嚓一声折断了。
The lace snapped when I pulled hard at it. 我用力拉鞋带，鞋带啪地绷断了。
4. 突然中断，突然停止
In the middle of February the dreadful cold spell suddenly snapped and spring came early. 2月中旬，严寒期突然结束，春天提前来临了。
5. (神经等)突然崩溃，突然支持不住
This final misfortune caused his mind to snap. 最后这次不幸事件使他的精神一下子崩溃了。
He had been keeping a tight hold on himself, but now his control snapped. 他一直努力控制住自己，但现在他终于忍不住了。
6. 突然咬，猛咬(at)
The dog snapped at his ankles. 狗对准他的脚踝猛地咬去。
7. 迅速抓住；马上接受(at)
snap at an opportunity 迅速抓住机会
He snapped at the offer I made him. 他马上就接受了我的提议。
8. 厉声说话；怒声责骂(at)
I snapped at him to sit down. 我厉声命他坐下。
He is always snapping at his child. 他老是在斥责孩子。
9. 敏捷地动作，迅速地行动
snap to attention 啪的一声立正
Heads snapped around as they passed by us. 他们经过我们身旁时，大家都迅速转过头来。
10. (两眼)闪光
His eyes snapped with scorn. 他两眼露出轻蔑的光。
11. 拍快照
❷ vt.
1. 使劈啪作响；捻(手指)发劈啪声
snap a whip 打一个响鞭
He snapped his lighter to see if it needed fuel. 他啪啪地按打火机，看看是否需要加油。
She snapped her fingers to get the child's attention. 她打榧子叫孩子注意听。
2. 使发出吧嗒一声(关上或打开等)
snap a suitcase shut (open) 吧嗒一声关上(打开)衣箱
snap off (on) a TV set 吧嗒一声关掉(打开)电视机
3. 使喀嚓一声折断；把…啪地拉断
He snapped the stick in half. 他喀嚓一声把棍子折成两段。
The thread of sympathy that had held them was snapped. 把他们连结在一起的同情的纽带被一下子扯断了。
4. 使突然中断，突然打断
“Hell!” John snapped him up. “混蛋!”约翰突然打断了他的话。
5. 突然弹击；迅速射出
snap sb. with a rubber band 用橡皮筋弹击某人
snap a shot at a fox 朝狐狸射出一弹
6. 突然咬，猛咬
A shark snapped his leg off. 鲨鱼一口咬掉了他的腿。
The puppy snapped the cookie out of the child's hand. 小狗一口衔走了小孩手中的饼干。
7. 迅速抓住；马上接受(up)
snap up a chance 一把抓住机会
8. 厉声说；怒声说；急促地说
“I don't believe a thing you say about him,” snapped the professor. “你所说的关于他的事，我一桩也不信，”教授厉声说。
The witness snapped a furious reply to the attorney's question. 证人怒声回答律师的质询。
9. 使敏捷地动作，使迅速地行动；急速作出
snap one's eyes open (shut) 迅速睁开(闭上)眼睛
She snapped a rubber band deftly around a roll of bills. 她熟练地把橡皮筋往一卷钞票上一箍。
A few paces from me he snapped a smart salute. 在离我数步之外，他潇洒地朝我敬了个礼。
10. 给…拍快照；快摄(照片)
Cameramen snapped celebrities while TV men interviewed them. 在电视记者采访名流们的时候，摄影师赶紧给他们拍照。
snap a series of photographs 拍一系列的快照
11. 【美橄】(中锋从对阵开球线)裆下后传(球)开球；【棒】快速传(球)
II n.
1. 劈啪声，吧嗒声；喀嚓声
open the door with a snap 吧嗒一声打开门
The job he's got now can end with a snap of the fingers. 他现在做的这份差使弹指间就可能丢掉。
2. 突然的咬，猛咬
The dog made a snap at my finger. 狗猛地咬我的手指。
3. 厉声，怒声；厉声的话，恶声恶气的话
The officer uttered his commands with a snap. 军官厉声发命令。
When she is tired, she sometimes answered with a snap. 她疲倦时，有时答话就没好声气。
4. 劲头，活力；清新；(文章等的)明快，生动
Put some snap in your step! 脚下加点劲吧!
The snap in the air seems to clarify objects seen at a distance. 清新的空气似乎使远处的景物显得清晰了。
5. 一段时期的寒冷天气
We are having a cold snap. 我们这儿最近几天天气寒冷。
6. 〈美〉摁扣；弹簧保险搭钩
My dress snap is broken. 我衣服上的摁扣坏了。
7. 脆饼干
chocolate snaps 巧克力脆饼干
8. 快照；快摄
He showed me his holiday snaps. 他给我看他假期中拍摄的快照。
take a snap of sb. 给某人拍快照
9. 〈美口〉容易的事，好办的事；容易赚钱的事
With this power saw, cutting down the tree will be a snap. 有了这把电锯，伐树就好办了。
10. 〈美俚〉好对付的人，听话的人
11. 【美橄】对阵开球(中锋从裆下向四分卫传球进入比赛的方法)；裆下后传球开球中锋
12. 〈英〉呼“同”牌戏(一种儿童玩的简单牌戏，玩者各自将手中的牌一张张发放桌面，抢先认出两张相同者即呼“同”[snap],桌面所有的牌便统归先呼者)
play snap 玩呼“同”牌戏
13. 〈口〉＝ snapdragon
14. 〈英方〉小食品(尤指上班时带的可在休息时间吃的零食)
III int.
〈口〉[发现两相同事物时表示惊讶]哟
Snap! You're wearing the same tie as me! 哟!你系的领带跟我的一模一样!
IV a.
1. 迅速的；突然的
Don't make any snap decision until you've calmed down. 你没有平静下来就不要仓猝作出决定。
Policemen made a snap search of the suspect house. 警察突击搜查那座可疑的住宅。
2. (装有)摁扣的；用弹簧的
snap pants 钉有摁扣的裤子
a snap switch 快动开关
3. 〈美口〉很容易的，好办的
Astronomy is no snap course. 天文学可不是一门容易读的课程。
On the surface, it looked like a snap job. 表面看来这件事好像很好办。
V ad.
1. 劈啪作声地；吧嗒一声地；喀嚓一声地
The branch broke snap off. 树枝喀嚓一声折断了。
2. 猛然；突然
3. 马上，立刻
Snap goes the sobriety of a class when the teacher leaves the room. 教师一离开教室，本来肃静的班级一下子就像开了锅。
[< MLG 或 MD snappen to seize; 与 ON snapa to snuffle 有关] phr. in a snap 〈主美口〉一眨眼工夫 not care (或 give) a snap 毫不在乎 They don't give a snap about what others think. 他们毫不在乎别人怎么想。snap back 〈美口〉1. 迅速跳回；迅速掉转 He snapped back to the present. 他一下子回到现实中来。His head snapped back to me. 他蓦地朝我回转头来。2. 迅速恢复 Suddenly my brain snapped back to consciousness. 突然我的脑子恢复了知觉。3. 反驳说 The Third World snaps back that such concerns are merely modern versions of colonialism. 第三世界反驳说，这种关注只不过是殖民主义的现代翻版而已。 snap into it 〈美口〉加紧干，认真干 Oh, snap into it, or we can't sleep all night. 嗨，加紧干呀，否则我们通宵不得睡觉了。snap it up 〈美〉＝ snap to it
snap out of 〈口〉(使)迅速从…中恢复过来；(使)迅速改变
The loud noise snapped him out of his daydream. 巨大的噪声顿时把他从白日梦中惊醒过来。
The coach told the lazy player to snap out of it. 教练叫那懒惰的队员改变懒惰习性。
I wish he would snap out of his present mood. 我希望他会摆脱目前的心境。
snap sb.'s head off 见 head
snap sth. up 抢购某物
snap to it 快干
It's a rush job. Snap to it! 这是件紧迫活儿。快干吧! |