snipe hunt

短语

[网络] 狙击狩猎

发音

UK /ˈsnaɪpˌhʌnt/
US /ˈsnaɪpˌhʌnt/
AU

词形变化

snipe hunts 复数 snipe hunts snipe hunted snipe hunting snipe hunts 三单 snipe hunting 现在分词 snipe hunted 过去式 snipe hunted 过去分词

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A prank in which a gullible victim is sent off on a fruitless search for a nonexistent item.

    习语
v.
  1. 1.

    To participate, as the gullible victim, in a snipe hunt.

    不及物

词汇关系

名词

上位词 1

practical joke

词源

* snipe + hunt * Although snipe are an actual family of birds, a snipe hunt is a quest for an imaginary creature whose description varies.

来源：wiktionary