(snubbed, snubbing)with obj.
1
- rebuff, ignore, or spurn disdainfully回绝; 冷落; 轻视：
he snubbed faculty members and students alike
他对教员和学生同样冷落
he snubbed her request to wind up the debate.
他拒绝了她结束这场辩论的请求。
2
- check the movement of (a horse or boat), especially by a rope wound round a post使（马, 船）停住, 刹住（尤指用绳子系在柱子上）：
a horse snubbed to a tree.
拴在树上的一匹马。
- an act of showing disdain or a lack of cordiality by rebuffing or ignoring someone or something怠慢; 冷落：
the move was a snub to the government.
这次举动是对政府的有意冷落。
- (of a person's nose) short and turned up at the end（人的鼻子）短而翘的：
in combination snub-nosed.鼻子短而翘的。
词源
Middle English （as a verb， originally in the sense 'rebuke with sharp words'）： from Old Norse snubba 'chide， check the growth of'. The adjective dates from the early 18th cent.