snarl
verb/snɑːl/
/snɑːrl/
Verb Forms
Phrasal Verbspresent simple I / you / we / they snarl | /snɑːl/ /snɑːrl/ |
he / she / it snarls | /snɑːlz/ /snɑːrlz/ |
past simple snarled | /snɑːld/ /snɑːrld/ |
past participle snarled | /snɑːld/ /snɑːrld/ |
-ing form snarling | /ˈsnɑːlɪŋ/ /ˈsnɑːrlɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive] snarl (at somebody/something) (of dogs, etc.) to show the teeth and make a deep angry noise in the throat
龇牙低吼 - The dog snarled at us.
狗朝我们低声吼叫。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- angrily
- savagely
- viciously
- …
- at
- The dog snarled at us.
- [transitive, intransitive] to speak in a rough, low, angry voice
咆哮着说;不耐烦地说 - + speech (at somebody) ‘Get out of here!’ he snarled.
“滚开!”他吼道。 - snarl something (at somebody) She snarled abuse at anyone who happened to walk past.
谁碰巧走过,她就冲谁叫骂。 - snarl (at somebody) He snarled savagely at her.
他向她狂吼起来。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- angrily
- savagely
- viciously
- …
- at
- + speech (at somebody) ‘Get out of here!’ he snarled.
Word Originverb late 16th cent.: extension of obsolete snar, of Germanic origin; related to German schnarren ‘rattle, snarl’, probably imitative. snarl up, snarl something up. late Middle English (in the senses ‘snare, noose’ and ‘catch in a snare’): from snare.