snark

n. 蛇鲨

发音

其它 /snɑː(ɹ)k/

词形变化

snarks 复数 snarked snarking snarks 三单 snarking 现在分词 snarked 过去式 snarked 过去分词

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    an attitude or expression of mocking irreverence and sarcasm.

    不可数
  2. 1.

    The fictional creature of Lewis Carroll's poem, used allusively to refer to fruitless quest or search.

    文学
  3. 2.

    A graph in which every node has three branches, and the edges cannot be coloured in fewer than four colours without two edges of the same colour meeting at a point.

    数学
  4. 3.

    A fluke or unrepeatable result or detection in an experiment.

    物理

    Cabrera's Valentine's Day monopole detection or some extremely energetic cosmic rays could be examples of snarks.

v.
  1. 1.

    To snort.

    废旧
  2. 2.

    To express oneself in a snarky fashion.

相关短语

snark hunt

词源

Noun sense “snide remark” as back-formation from snarky (1906), from obsolete snark (“to snore, snort”, verb) (1866), from Middle English *snarken (“to snore”), from Proto-West Germanic *snarkōn, equivalent to snore + -k. Compare Low German snarken, North Frisian snarke, Swedish snarka, German schnarchen, and English snort and snore. Of Germanic origin, but ultimately onomatopoeic.

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