snook

畅通词汇

英 [snuːk] 美[snʊk]

释义

n. 大拇指按鼻端，其余四指张开以示轻蔑的手势

n. (Snook)人名；(英)斯努克

英文词源

snook (n.): "derisive gesture," 1791, of unknown origin.

双语例句

1. Tories cocked a snook at their prime minister over this legislation.: 保守党人就这一法规向他们的首相表示了轻蔑。

2. The boy cocked a snook at the policeman's back after being scolded.: 男孩在被训斥之后在警察背后作轻蔑的手势.

3. As a painter, she cocks a snook at traditional techniques.: 作为一名画家, 她瞧不起传统画法.

4. Amelia took regular flying lessons from her instructor Neta Snook.: 她的指导老师耐塔.斯努克给她上常规的飞行课.

5. He's called Snook, and he lives in a village of that ilk.: 他叫斯努克, 住在斯努克村.

英英释意

1. large tropical American food and game fishes of coastal and brackish waters; resemble pike

实用场景例句

The boy cocked a snook at the policeman's back after being scolded.: 男孩在被训斥之后在警察背后作轻蔑的手势.

As a painter, she cocks a snook at traditional techniques.: 作为一名画家, 她瞧不起传统画法.

Amelia took regular flying lessons from her instructor Neta Snook.: 她的指导老师耐塔.斯努克给她上常规的飞行课.

He's called Snook, and he lives in a village of that ilk.: 他叫斯努克, 住在斯努克村.

She is so pompous and always cocks a snook at people from the countryside.: 她非常傲慢,总是很瞧不起乡下来的人.

词组搭配

cock a snook&I{【多用于英国】}

To thumb one's nose

轻蔑：将拇指顶住鼻尖

“&I{[The clock]} is set wrong and hung crooked, as if to cock a snook at the importance of time” (&b{Kevin Crossley-Holland})
“&I{[时钟]} 走错了并且吊歪了，就好象对时间的重要性不屑一顾” (&b{凯文·克罗斯勒—荷兰})