snaffle
n. 马嚼子 vt. 装以马嚼子, 轻勒, 偷窃
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释义与例句
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1.
A broad-mouthed, loose-ringed bit (metal in a horse's mouth). It brings pressure to bear on the tongue and the corners of the mouth, and is often used as a training bit.
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2.
Decorative wear that looks like a snaffle.
比喻
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1.
To put a snaffle on, or control with a snaffle.
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2.
To quell or suppress.
比喻 及物 引申义1934, Ernest Bramah, The Bravo of London Julian Joolby, when will you learn to snaffle your violent emotion?
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To clutch by the bridle.
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To grab or seize; to snap up.
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5.
To purloin, or obtain by devious means.
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To talk foolishly.
英国 古体 不及物
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Apparently from Dutch snavel, from Middle Dutch snavel, snabel (“snout”), diminutive of Middle Dutch snabbe, snebbe (“bird's bill, neb”). Akin to Old Frisian snavel (“mouth”), Middle Low German snabbe (“neb, beak”), Old English nebb (“beak, bill, nose, face”). More at neb.
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