(past and past participle sneaked 或 <非正式, 主北美> snuck)
1
- no obj. with adverbial of direction move or go in a furtive or stealthy manner偷偷地走, 溜：
I sneaked out by the back exit.
我从后门溜了出去。
1.1
- with obj. and adverbial of direction convey (someone or something) in such a way偷带：
someone sneaked a camera inside.
有人偷偷带进了一架照相机。
1.2
- with obj. do or obtain (something) in a stealthy or furtive way偷偷地做（或获得）：
she sneaked a glance at her watch.
她偷瞥了一眼手表。
1.3
sneak up on
creep up on (someone) without being detected偷偷地走近（某人）：he sneaks up on us slyly.
他偷偷地走到了我们身边。
2
- no obj. Brit. informal (especially in children's use) inform an adult or person in authority of a companion's misdeeds; tell tales〈英, 非正式〉（尤作儿童用语）打小报告; 告密：
she sneaked on us.
她打我们的小报告。
informal <非正式>
1
- Brit. (especially in children's use) someone who informs an adult or person in authority of a companion's misdeeds; a telltale.〈英〉（尤作儿童用语）打小报告的人; 告密的人。
1.1
- a furtive and contemptible person偷偷摸摸的人, 鬼鬼祟祟的人：
he was branded a prying sneak for eavesdropping on intimate conversation.
他被指责为一个刺探别人隐私的人, 总是偷听别人的亲密谈话。
attrib.
- acting or done surreptitiously, unofficially, or without warning偷偷摸摸的, 秘密的, 无预警的：
a sneak thief
一个鬼鬼祟祟的贼
a sneak preview.
秘密的预演。
USAGE
The traditional standard past form of sneak is sneaked （she sneaked round the corner）. An alternative past form, snuck （she snuck past me）, arose in the US in the 19th century. Until very recently snuck was confined to US dialect use and was regarded as non-standard. However, in the last few decades its use has spread in the US, where it is now regarded as a standard alternative to sneaked in all but the most formal contexts. In the Oxford English Corpus there are now more US citations for snuck than there are for sneaked, and there is evidence of snuck gaining ground in British English also.
词源
late 16th cent.: probably dialect; perhaps related to obsolete snike 'to creep'.