snag
n. (尖利的)突出物, (衣服等的)戳破处, 断牙, 意外障碍 vt. 造成阻碍, 抓住机会, 抢到, 清除障碍物
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A stump or base of a branch that has been lopped off; a short branch, or a sharp or rough branch.
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A dead tree that remains standing.
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A tree, or a branch of a tree, fixed in the bottom of a river or other navigable water, and rising nearly or quite to the surface, by which boats are sometimes pierced and sunk.
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Any sharp protuberant part of an object, which may catch, scratch, or tear other objects brought into contact with it.
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A tooth projecting beyond the others; a broken or decayed tooth.
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A problem or difficulty with something.
比喻we hit a snag
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A pulled thread or yarn, as in cloth; a tear.
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One of the secondary branches of an antler.
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A light meal.
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A sausage.
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A goal.
俚语 体育2003, Greg Baum, "Silver anniversary of a goal achieved", The Age "It just kept coming down and I just kept putting them through the middle," he said. "I got an opportunity, and I kicked a few snags."
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A misnaged, an opponent to Chassidic Judaism (more likely modern, for cultural reasons).
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Acronym of sensitive new age guy.
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To catch or tear (e.g. fabric) upon a rough surface or projection.
Be careful not to snag your stockings on that concrete bench!
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To damage or sink (a vessel) by collision; said of a tree or branch fixed to the bottom of a navigable body of water and partially submerged or rising to just beneath the surface.
The steamboat was snagged on the Mississippi River in 1862.
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To fish by means of dragging a large hook or hooks on a line, intending to impale the body (rather than the mouth) of the target.
We snagged for spoonbill from the eastern shore of the Mississippi River.
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To obtain or pick up, especially in a quick or surreptitious way.
俚语 及物Ella snagged a bottle of water from the fridge before leaving for her jog.
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To cut the snags or branches from, as the stem of a tree; to hew roughly.
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To have noncommittal sexual relations.
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From earlier snag (“stump or branch of a tree”), from Middle English *snagge, *snage, from Old Norse snagi (“clothes peg”) (compare Old Norse snag-hyrndr (“snag-horned, having jagged corners”)), perhaps ultimately from a derivative of Proto-Germanic *snakk-, *snēgg, variations of *snakaną (“to crawl, creep, wind about”). Compare Norwegian snag, snage (“protrusion; projecting point”), Icelandic snagi (“peg”). Also see Dutch snoek (“pike”).
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