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ldoce_308_asnap1 /snæp/ ●●● W3 verb (snapped, snapping) 1 break 折断 [intransitiveI, transitiveT]BREAK to break with a sudden sharp noise, or to make something do this （使）啪的一声折断 [断开]；使啪嗒作响
A twig snapped under my feet.
一根细枝在我脚下嚓一声断开了。
The wind snapped branches and power lines.
大风刮断了树枝和输电线。
snap (something) off (something)
I snapped the ends off the beans and dropped them into a bowl.
我把菜豆掐掉两头，扔进碗里。
snap (something) in two/in half (=break into two pieces) 把（某物）折成两半
► see thesaurus at break →5 see picture at 见图 break1 The teacher snapped the chalk in two and gave me a piece.
老师把粉笔折成两段，给了我一段。
2 move into position 移入位置 [intransitiveI, transitiveT always + adverbadv/prepositionprep]XX to move into a particular position suddenly, making a short sharp noise, or to make something move like this （使）突然啪地移动〔至某位置〕
snap together/back etc
The pieces just snap together like this.
两个部件就像这样啪嗒一声合起来。
The policeman snapped the handcuffs around her wrist.
警察用手铐啪的一声铐住她的手腕。
snap (something) open/shut
She snapped her briefcase shut.
她啪嗒一声合上公文包。
3 say STH angrily 怒气冲冲地说 [intransitiveI, transitiveT]ANGRY to say something quickly in an angry way 厉声说（话），怒气冲冲地说（话）
‘What do you want?’ Mike snapped.
“你想干什么？”迈克厉声说道。
snap at
He snapped at Walter for no reason.
他无缘无故地斥责了沃尔特一顿。
4 become angry/anxious etc 变得生气/焦虑等 [intransitiveI]CONTROL# to suddenly stop being able to control your anger, anxiety, or other feelings in a difficult situation 〔精神等〕突然崩溃，突然失去自制力
The stress began to get to her, and one morning she just snapped.
她开始受不了这样的压力，一天早晨突然就崩溃了。
Something inside him snapped, and he hit her.
他一下子火起来，动手打了她。
5 animal 动物 [intransitiveI]BITE if an animal such as a dog snaps, it tries to bite you 〔狗等〕咬，噬
snap at
The dog started snapping at my heels.
这条狗开始咬我的鞋跟。
6 photograph 摄影 [intransitiveI, transitiveT] informalTCPPICTURE to take a photograph 给…拍照，拍摄〔照片〕
Dave snapped a picture of me and Sonia.
戴夫给我和索尼娅拍了一张照片。
7. snap your fingers HBHATTENTIONto make a short sharp noise by moving one of your fingers quickly against your thumb, for example in order to get someone’s attention or to mark the beat of music 打响指
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snap your fingers• Those were the times when a hunter found out how good he was.. Granny snapped her fingers.• One of the guys snaps his fingers, and the nearest workman veers in a sharp turn and sprints to his side.• The nurse snapped her fingers, and they sprang into motion.• Zak snapped his fingers even faster and started humming.• He gave a royal snort, either of disappointment or relief, and snapped his fingers for another round of wine.• Zak was nodding his mop of curls beside me and had begun snapping his fingers rather fast.• When finished, each boy was to raise his hand and snap his fingers to be acknowledged.• Those riverbeds could snap an axle as crisply as the way that Zervos snapped his fingers when he danced.
8 snap to it spokenHURRY used to tell someone to hurry and do something immediately 赶快，快干〔用于催促别人〕
Come on, snap to it – get that room cleaned up!
来，快点，把那个房间打扫干净！
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snap to it• Come on, snap to it, get that room cleaned up!• The heat shimmering over the asphalt had no snap to it; time drifted by.
9 stop 停止 [transitiveT] American EnglishAmE to end a series of events – used especially in newspapers 结束，停止〔一系列事件，尤用于报纸上〕
The Rockets snapped a seven-game losing streak by beating Portland.
火箭队击败波特兰队，结束了连输七场的霉运。
10. snap to attention PMAif soldiers snap to attention, they suddenly stand very straight 〔士兵们〕猛地立正
11 snap on/off phrasal verbphr v SWITCH ON OR OFFto switch something on or off, or to switch on or off 开/关〔某物〕
A light snapped on in one of the huts.
其中有一间小屋的灯亮了。
snap something ↔ on/off
Kathy snapped off the light.
凯西把灯关掉。
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snap on/off• The light trained on his bed snaps off.• The satellite and more than 12 miles of tether linking it to Columbia snapped on Feb. 25.• His tormentors had snapped off the lights as they wished him goodnight, and it was completely dark.
12 snap out of something phrasal verbphr v CONTROLto stop being sad or upset and make yourself feel better 打起精神，振作起来
Chantal’s been depressed for days. I wish she’d snap out of it.
尚塔尔情绪低落好几天了，我希望她能够振作起来。
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snap out of • He snapped out of a dark fog.• If it were possible to snap out of depression simply by making a proper effort, that illness would disappear.• Perhaps he would snap out of it.
snap out of it• You've been in this mood for days now -- I wish you'd snap out of it.• Perhaps he would snap out of it.• He's so depressed. He doesn't seem able to snap out of it at all.
13 snap somebody/something ↔ up phrasal verbphr v
→ snap-ona) BUYto buy something immediately, especially because it is very cheap 〔尤因十分便宜〕把…赶快买下，抢购
People were snapping up bargains.
人们在抢购便宜货。
b) 
CHANCE/OPPORTUNITYto eagerly take an opportunity to have someone as part of your company, team etc 急于聘请〔某人〕
CHANCE/OPPORTUNITYto eagerly take an opportunity to have someone as part of your company, team etc 急于聘请〔某人〕 Owen was snapped up by Liverpool before he’d even left school.
欧文还没有离开学校就被利物浦队抢去了。
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snap up• An obsessed public snapped them up.• Any place will snap us up.• He had met a jewel and he snapped her up.• Is that a good reason to snap it up?• She snapped him up as soon as he finished the sausage she fed him and he crawled into her bed crying.• I had thought my trader friend had snapped them up from stupid dealers at other firms.• If I don't snap you up some one else will, won't they?• The line became instantly popular and managements all over the world were impatient to snap them up whenever they were free.
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snap• "Can't you see I'm eating?" Mattie snapped.• When he hit me across the face, I just snapped.• As the pounding got louder and louder, suddenly Christine snapped.• Her twig-thin legs seemed fit to snap.• Charlotte's patience suddenly snapped.• Cheaper versions are made of metal that could rust and snap.• Mel snapped a picture with his pocket camera.• The Rockets finally snapped a seven-game losing streak by defeating Portland.• Melanie Smithson, who is accused of murdering her husband, has claimed that she snapped after years of violence and abuse.• Leroy finally snapped and attacked his tormentors.• The nurse snapped her fingers, and they sprang into motion.• He accidentally snapped his putter in half during one tournament.• As soon as the ball was snapped, I took off after them.• Power lines snapped in the high winds.• One hundred feet up it snapped into full canopy.• The tip of the Christmas tree snapped off when it fell.• Sliding them on to the desk, she snapped open her briefcase and took out her calculator.• High winds snapped power lines in the city, leaving more than 9000 people without power.• The cops snapped the handcuffs back onto the prisoner.• But the actors snap the movie back to life with sharply observed emotion.• And then holding the cigarette in front of his face he snapped the tip like some breaker of bread.• He hit a rock and snapped the truck's axle.• A twig snapped under his foot.• One of the strings on my guitar snapped when I was tuning it.
snap (something) off (something)• Bernice took a few moments break from her search to reach up and snap it off.• Suddenly the top of the cage snapped clean off.• Would the wind snap the roof off?• Then snap punch off the front fist into the opponent's face.• He hit a low, snap duck-hook off the tee, which I have very seldom ever seen him do.• The gusts are becoming malevolent, snapping the heads off the waves like daisies.• There's no need to snap my head off this early in the morning.
snap (something) open/shut• He took his gold watch out of his waistcoat pocket and snapped it open.• Goldie, replete, snaps her eyes shut and is soon snoring.• Cocking her head, she snapped the fan shut and pointed it at him.• A police officer grabbed the phone, snapped it shut and searched Mauss.• Once, in a moment of despair, he snapped his Bible shut and squashed them to a paste.• With a small exclamation she snapped the book shut, but before she could get to her feet Marc glanced up.• A couple of wires in his damaged wing snapped, dashing open the fabric.• There's not a huge level of power available-you can snap the throttle open without feeling intimidated.
snap at• Sean came running around the corner of the house with a small dog snapping at his heels.• Pitino snapped at one reporter who approached him after the game.• Every time your puppy snaps at someone, give him a smack on the butt with a rolled up newspaper.• Ginger was snapping at their heels.
Something ... snapped• And finally, something inside me snapped.• And the night of the murder something snapped.• Something snapped in him and he hit her.• I have no time for people who lose their temper with animals but something snapped in my mind then.• Then something snapped inside him; all the choked up hatred he had for Luke suddenly spewed out.• And then something snapped inside the little cook.
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snap2 noun 1 sound 声音 [singular]SOUNDBREAK a sudden loud sound, especially made by something breaking or closing 啪嗒一声〔尤指突然折断或关上某物发出的声音〕
He shut the book with a snap.
他啪的一声把书合上。
2 photograph 照片 [countableC] especially British EnglishBrE informalTCP a photograph taken quickly and often not very skilfully 快照〔通常技巧不高〕 SYN snapshot
holiday snaps
假日留影
3 be a snap American EnglishAmE informalEASY to be very easy to do 轻而易举
The test was a snap.
这次测验容易得很。
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be a snap• Margaret and Jack Carolan, from Huyton, had sneaked a camera inside and were snapping off shots as keepsakes.• As soon as the ball was snapped, I took off after them.• The Oilers called timeout before the ball was snapped, so there was no penalty.• Managing a team of millionaires can be a snap compared to a team of 12-year-olds, however.• Customers are snapping up the top quality magazine with its wonderful photography and editorial.• Pasta dough is a snap to make.• No sooner had Vasili's feet touched the ground than a pair of tight-fitting handcuffs was snapped around his wrists.• An immediately adjacent specimen was snap frozen in the endoscopy suite.• After this morning he thinks the Big Nurse is going to be a snap.
4 clothing 衣服 [countableC] American EnglishAmEDCC a small metal fastener on clothes that works when you press its two parts together 揿扣，摁扣，子母扣 SYN British English press stud
baby clothing with snaps
→5 see picture at 见图 button1 带揿扣的婴儿服
5 a snap of somebody’s fingers HBHa sudden sound made by quickly moving one of your fingers against your thumb 一声响指
At a snap of his owner’s fingers, the dog came running.
主人打了个响指，那狗就跑过来了。
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a snap of somebody’s fingers• What else? exclaimed Papa with a snap of his fingers.
6. game 游戏 [uncountableU]DGC a card game in which players put down one card after another and try to be the first to shout ‘Snap!’ when there are two cards that are the same “对儿”牌戏〔玩家轮流出牌，出现两张相同纸牌时要抢先叫 “对儿”〕
→ cold snapExamples from the Corpus
snap• She showed me a snapshot of her three children.• They're just snapshots, but some of them are really good.• Nick closed the lid with a snap.• Kirov chose another snap which he had taken at a pavement cafe in Tbilisi, bringing his final selection to four.• Did you take any snaps in Greece?• Despite the cold snap, a white Christmas was an unlikely prospect for most people.• Moreover, demand for heating oil did not meet expectations during the cold snaps over the last two months.• With the Jags, he cut the number down to 10 plays, to be run consecutively from the first snap.• The all important hip-consciousness of Manchester wholeheartedly jerked to the harsh snap of the Linn Drum.• Patrick was showing his holiday snaps to everyone in the office.• Everyone is enormously excited and Kate and Paul keep the Polaroid snap of the Mango.• Elvis Grbac took the snap, tucked his body into a tight C and dropped it into the end zone.
snap3 adjectiveadj
1. snap judgment/decision SUDDENLYa judgment or decision made quickly, without careful thought or discussion 仓促的判断/匆忙的决定
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snap judgment/decision• As I begin to uncover a whole new world myself, I see the folly of that snap judgment.• So his leave-taking is no snap decision.• If the failure occurs higher on the launch, again a snap decision can be fatal.• Consultation and investigation Having your say Employers should avoid making snap decisions in cases of sickness absence.• I will not make a snap decision, Lieutenant.• Maxim was about to explain when the lieutenant obviously came to a snap judgment on his military value and slammed out again.• I just made a snap decision that this was where I wanted to be.
2. snap election British EnglishBrE an election that is announced suddenly and unexpectedly 突然宣布的大选，临时选举
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snap election• Henry McLeish also promised to address the deep disaffection among Labour backbenchers exposed by his snap election last weekend.
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snap• Snap decisions are not always the best decisions.• Warm frustration had turned cold rage, a snap freeze.• Usually she did not make snap judgements about people.• You make quick, almost snap, judgments.• The cat stance is an ideal stance from which to execute a front snap kick.• The jacket is in a smock style and has two zipped pockets and a snap neck closure.• The Hercules features a Windstopper lined snap neck, two zipped waist pockets and stylish embroidery on the back and front.• Throw a fast snap punch at the opponent's face.• Then snap punch off the front fist into the opponent's face.• Lean away as you do this to avoid getting hit in the face with a snap punch.
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snap4 interjection 1 British EnglishBrESAME used when you see two things that are exactly the same 真巧啊，一模一样〔发现两件相同物品时的惊叹语〕
Hey, snap! My hat’s the same as yours.
啊，太巧啦！ 我的帽子和你的一样。
2. DGCsaid in the game of snap when two cards that are the same are put down “对儿”〔“对儿”牌戏中出现两张相同纸牌时喊出的话〕
From Longman Business Dictionary
snapsnap /snæp/ verb (snapped, snapping)
→ snap up
(1400-1500) Dutch Low German snappen